The Israeli troops‘ and Hezbollah militants’ nighttime attacks and counterattacks occurred at a critical juncture in the ongoing peace negotiations between Israel and Hamas.
Officials from the United States are in Cairo, where the discussions are taking place, advocating for a solution that would lead to a cease-fire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas terrorists. Hezbollah has chosen to support Hamas.
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Little progress was achieved in the discussions when they resumed on Saturday, according to Reuters.
According to White House readouts of the phone conversations, President Joe Biden stressed the need to remove any barriers to a settlement when he talked with Presidents Abdel-Fattah El Sisi of Egypt and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar yesterday.
According to the White House remarks, Biden and his colleagues desire a cease-fire that also frees Israeli and other captives held by terrorists in Gaza, provides food, water, and medical treatment to Palestinian residents in Gaza, and deescalates tensions in the area.
That is unlikely to be accomplished by any further attacks between Israel and Hezbollah, which is often seen as an Iranian proxy.
Overnight, a spokesman for the National Security Council said that Biden was carefully monitoring the situation.
