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Some 1,400 Lebanese, including Hezbollah fighters and civilians, have been killed and some 1.2 million driven from their homes since Israel escalated its strikes in late September.
“No administration has helped Israel more than I have,” President Biden said.
Israel has carried out a series of massive airstrikes overnight in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Israel pressed forward on two fronts Wednesday, pursuing a ground incursion into Lebanon against Hezbollah that left eight Israeli soldiers dead.
The scientist-turned-politician receives a country with a number of immediate problems including a sluggish economy, unfinished building programs and rising debt.
Hilltop Youth has already faced sanctions from the EU and UK. The Biden administration has been criticized for imposing relatively few sanctions on Israeli extremists.
Israeli strikes killed at least 51 people in southern Gaza overnight, including women and children.
Marine Le Pen denies violating any rules as she and her National Rally party and two dozen others went on trial accused of embezzling European Parliament funds.
Fighting on the ground in Lebanon risks millions of lives, and officials tell HuffPost the White House is prepared to let it proceed.
Israeli ground forces have crossed into southern Lebanon, marking a significant escalation of an offensive against Hezbollah militants.