A former NATO commander warned:NATO) from the risk of expanding war Israel On the Gaza Strip to other countries, saying there was an “uncomfortably high” chance that the ongoing conflict would develop into a broader regional conflict.
The American magazine Newsweek quoted former NATO commander James Stavridis as saying – during an interview on Friday with MSNBC – that the escalating tensions between Israel andLebanon It left him “deeply concerned” that the war might soon expand.
Stavridis, a retired US Navy admiral who served as NATO’s Supreme Commander in Europe between 2009 and 2013, said that about two months ago he felt there was a 10 percent chance the war would expand into a broader regional conflict “because if Israel attacked… Hizb allahthe Iran You will enter in very important ways. This could attract the United States.”
Dangerous personality
Stavridis expressed his belief that the chances of expansion now reach about 25%, which is an “uncomfortably high” percentage.
He added that a member of the Israeli War Council Benny Gantzthe former army commander, told reporters this week that “time for a diplomatic solution is running out and that Israel will try to push Hezbollah away from the border if the world and the Lebanese government do not.”
“I know Gantz well,” Stavridis said. “During the four years I spent as NATO commander, I interacted with him constantly and I still have good contact with him. He is a very serious and sober figure. So, if Gantz says this, it makes me very worried.”
Unnecessary war
The magazine quoted Israeli army spokesman Jonathan Conricus as saying that Hezbollah is dangerously dragging Lebanon into an unnecessary war that could have potentially devastating consequences for the state of Lebanon and the Lebanese people.
She added that the Iranian-backed “Imam Hussein Military Unit” is believed to be working alongside Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Newsweek reported that this unit, linked to the Iranian Quds Force, was operating in… Syria Earlier this year, while an Israeli army spokesman said last month that it had “arrived in southern Lebanon to assist Hezbollah.
