{"id":109753,"date":"2024-10-03T02:56:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T19:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109753"},"modified":"2024-10-03T02:56:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T19:56:50","slug":"israeli-troops-clash-with-hezbollah-in-southern-lebanon-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109753","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Troops Clash With Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon: Live Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Six months ago, President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris \u2014 caught between a left flank demanding punishment for Israel and moderate voters pleading with them to stand by their ally \u2014 could only hope that the war in Gaza would exhaust itself, or even that Israel\u2019s right-wing leader would choose a legacy-defining peace over an endless armed conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Five weeks before the election, it is clear that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a military and political timetable of his own. Now, all Ms. Harris can do is pray that the widening war in the Middle East does not overwhelm her candidacy and confirm in the minds of the last few undecided voters the idea that her opponent Donald Trump is promoting: that the world is out of control thanks to the weak leadership of the Biden-Harris administration.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Tuesday\u2019s vice-presidential debate was supposed to be the last set-piece moment of Campaign 2024 before the final sprint to Election Day. It was all but overshadowed by the transfixing images of Iranian ballistic missiles confronting Israeli defense systems in the darkened skies over Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Mr. Netanyahu vowed retaliation \u2014 \u201cIran made a big mistake, and it will pay for it,\u201d he said \u2014 while Ms. Harris was steadfast in what she called her \u201ccleareyed\u201d condemnation of Iran, denouncing it as a \u201cdestabilizing, dangerous force in the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, was left to frame the issue of a looming regional war as a test of character.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cWhat\u2019s fundamental here is that steady leadership is going to matter,\u201d Mr. Walz said in the debate. \u201cIt\u2019s clear, and the world saw it on that debate stage a few weeks ago. A nearly 80-year-old Donald Trump talking about crowd sizes is not what we need in this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-medium css-d754w4 e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\"><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-gbc9ki ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">During Tuesday night\u2019s vice-presidential debate, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota was left to frame the issue of a looming regional war as a test of character.<\/span><span class=\"css-1u46b97 e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit&#8230;<\/span><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Hiroko Masuike\/The New York Times<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">But any dreams of a triumphant diplomatic breakthrough to end the hostilities, bring home the remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza or even get peace talks on track in the waning days of the Biden administration were atomized along with that hail of debris from shattered Iranian missiles raining over Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">It was a moment the Republicans were not going to waste.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cAs much as Governor Walz just accused Donald Trump of being an agent of chaos, Donald Trump actually delivered stability in the world,\u201d Senator JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, said on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">To be sure, American voters still put foreign policy well down the list of their highest priorities, far below the economy, abortion, inflation and character. But to Mr. Trump, the conflict in the Middle East is part of a much larger narrative that he has been weaving the entire campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">He has said repeatedly that feckless Democratic leadership in Washington has let events spin out of control on matters like Afghanistan, Israel and Ukraine abroad; the U.S.-Mexican border; and the price of groceries at home: All was peaceful and prosperous when he was in power, and his strong hands on the wheel would bring peace and prosperity back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cLook at the World today,\u201d Mr. Trump wrote on social media on Tuesday. \u201cLook at the missiles flying right now in the Middle East, look at what\u2019s happening with Russia\/Ukraine, look at Inflation destroying the World. NONE OF THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS PRESIDENT!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">His narrative leaves out key events, including Iran\u2019s shelling of U.S. military forces stationed in Iraq and the pandemic-driven economic collapse of his final year in office. But Mr. Trump\u2019s politics have always been impressionistic, and the events of recent days are helping his cause.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Israel is nearing all-out war with its biggest regional adversary, Iran. <\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">And the Biden administration now appears incapable of restraining Mr. Netanyahu, who got virtually everything he wanted from Mr. Trump when he was in the White House and is likely to relish his return to power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Lara Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, said that Ms. Harris seemed to have just hunkered down, waiting for Election Day before making any affirmative effort to change the course of events in the Middle East and pressure Mr. Netanyahu to de-escalate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">It isn\u2019t working \u2014 politically or diplomatically.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cShe was in a bind from the beginning,\u201d Ms. Friedman said. \u201cIf she gave an inch\u201d toward criticizing the Israeli government, \u201cshe would be framed as anti-Israel or even antisemitic. Even if she doesn\u2019t give an inch, she\u2019s still being framed as anti-Israel or antisemitic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cSo maybe it would be better to conceptualize and stand behind a defensible policy\u201d in the region, Ms. Friedman added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Ms. Harris\u2019s bind is only growing worse. The anger that Palestinian Americans were feeling toward the administration \u2014 especially in the key swing state of Michigan \u2014 has now been joined by <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2024\/09\/19\/lebanese-americans-mourn-deaths-and-injuries-from-pagers-in-lebanon\/75282734007\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">anger from Lebanese Americans<\/a>, also concentrated in Michigan, who are decrying the indiscriminate bombing of their homeland.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-medium css-d754w4 e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\"><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-gbc9ki ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">Israel\u2019s airstrikes and military incursion into Lebanon have prompted anger among Lebanese-Americans in Michigan.<\/span><span class=\"css-1u46b97 e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit&#8230;<\/span><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Diego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York Times<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Attila Somfalvi, an independent political analyst in Israel, said on Wednesday that Mr. Netanyahu actually had more political space for a diplomatic resolution of the tensions. He has expanded his government beyond the narrow, far-right coalition that put him back into power, and the killing of Hezbollah\u2019s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has increased his popularity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere\u2019s a feeling of strength again; people are saying, \u2018Look, the magician is back,\u2019\u201d Mr. Somfalvi said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">But for years, going back to the presidency of Barack Obama, Mr. Netanyahu has cultivated the belief among his supporters that the Democrats are the enemy, weak supporters of Israel at best, treacherous at worst. And now, with the Israeli right sensing a possible return of Mr. Trump, Mr. Netanyahu has no political incentive to help Ms. Harris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s pretty clear where the prime minister stands,\u201d Mr. Somfalvi said. \u201cAll those fans of Netanyahu are very pro-Trump. It doesn\u2019t matter what Biden and Harris have done over the last year. They say they need Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Earlier this year, that was not clear. Dennis B. Ross, a former presidential envoy to the Middle East, mused in an interview in March that Mr. Netanyahu might \u2014 just might \u2014 want the peace accord with Saudi Arabia that the Biden administration was trying to broker as his legacy, instead of the carnage of Hamas\u2019s Oct. 7 attack on Israel. To attain that, he would have to accept a cease-fire in Gaza and a resumption of talks on autonomy for the Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cA normalization deal with Saudi Arabia would serve both men,\u201d he said of Mr. Biden and Mr. Netanyahu, while conceding, \u201cthe longer this goes on, given the political calendar, the less chance this can happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">That political calendar is now spent. Ms. Harris is likely to use the growing crisis in the Middle East to look resolute and presidential, as she did on Tuesday when she described joining the president and his national security team in the White House Situation Room to watch Iran\u2019s missile attack on Israel unfold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cIsrael, with our assistance, was able to defeat this attack,\u201d she declared. \u201cOur joint defenses have been effective, and this operation and successful cooperation saved many innocent lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">With an uncertain season of Jewish High Holy Days beginning Wednesday night, with the first anniversary of the Hamas massacre of Israelis arriving on Monday, and with early voting already underway, Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance will take every opportunity to lay conflict at the feet of the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cDonald Trump consistently made the world more secure,\u201d Mr. Vance said in the debate. \u201cWhen did Iran and Hamas and their proxies attack Israel? 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