• Hezbollah fired at Kiryat Shmona.

  • Israel strikes top Hezbollah commanders in Beirut

  • Iran launches missiles on Israel to reassure Hezbollah

  • Israeli officials say they will respond

A return to full-scale war in the Middle East may be hours away.

    • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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      It’s Shrodinger’s war. Both a war and not a war at the same time. Neither side wants the war to continue, but neither side wants to back down.

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      The cease fire was broken on day one when USA blockaded the ports, Iran demanded ships pay tolls for passing through the strait, and Israel and Hezbollah never got the memo to stop shooting at each other.

      ‘Negotiating’ in those conditions is performative at best.

    • mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Iran patience ran out. The cease fire was supposed to include the end of fighting in Lebanon . Iran warned Israel again again and again to stop , Israel refused and attacked the heart Beirut