As hardliners push for escalation in Lebanon, Netanyahu tests Trump’s limits

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under pressure at home to escalate in Lebanon – once again – after four Israeli soldiers were killed in a Hezbollah attack inside Lebanon overnight Friday. But the Israeli leader, trapped between far-right politicians saying “all of Lebanon should burn” and a US president demanding an immediate end to ... The post As hardliners push for escalation in Lebanon, Netanyahu tests Trump’s limits appeared first on Egypt Independent .