Western envoys are “on the road to Beirut” to contain the escalation on the Lebanese front. Israel struck deep in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, bypassing the rules of engagement with Hezbollah.
There is continued talk of American-French efforts to prevent the expansion of the war into Lebanon, led by Amos Hochstein, the US President’s special envoy for global energy security. Even Germany, which classifies Hezbollah, with its political and military wings, as a “terrorist organization,” sent Deputy Director of Intelligence Uli Dial to meet with Naim Qassem, Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbollah.