The President of the United States, Joe Bidenstated that he thought that “there will be no total war” in the Middle East and that it can be “avoidable”while Israel, which continues to bomb the Gaza Strip and Lebanon dailyplans to respond to Iranian missile attack.
“I don’t think there will be an all-out war. I think we can avoid it. But there’s still a lot to do, a lot,” he told reporters at the White House when asked him if he was sure that an all-out war could be avoided in the region. As for whether he would send American troops to help Israel, he said he had “already” helped them: “We will protect Israel”he remarked.
Hostilities in the region erupted after Hamas and other Palestinian factions launched a series of attacks on Israel on October 7 that left nearly 1,200 people dead and more than 250 hostages. The Israeli army then launched a bloody military campaign against Gaza which has so far left nearly 41,800 dead, in addition to more than 700 Palestinian deaths in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The attacks of October 7, described as the “flood of Al Aqsa” by Hamas and its allies, also led to the opening of the front on the border between Israel and Lebanon, with incessant fighting for more than eleven months which led to the start of the war on Tuesday. a new invasion of Lebanese territory. Furthermore, the Houthis and pro-Iranian militias in Iraq have launched missiles and drones against Israel – which has carried out bombings against the territory of Lebanon, Syria and Yemen –.
