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Even as Israel Works To Crush Hamas, It Anticipates Wider War With Hezbollah

A top White House adviser, Amos Hochstein, has been visiting Beirut and Jerusalem for weeks in an attempt to convince Hezbollah to move its forces a few miles away from the Israeli border and avert war.

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The Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, greets supporters via a video link during a rally August 22, 2022. AP/Hussein Malla
BENNY AVNI
BENNY AVNI

Four months into the war to eliminate Hamas in Gaza, residents of northern Israel are asking, “What about us?” 

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BENNY AVNI
BENNY AVNI

Benny Avni is a columnist who has published in the New York Post, WSJOpinion, The Daily Beast, Newsweek, Israel Radio, Ha’Aretz, and others. Once New York Sun, always New York Sun.

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