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ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - JUNE 25: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant walk into the Pentagon on June 25, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia. Their meeting comes a day after Gallant and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sat down together to discuss Gaza and Lebanon. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Analysis

الولايات المتحدة ترفض الحرب الإسرائيلية المحدودة في لبنان، وتواصل تجميد 2000 رطل من القنابل

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CORRECTION / Smoke billows during Israeli bombardment on the village of Khiam in south Lebanon near the border with Israel on June 19, 2024 amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by RABIH DAHER / AFP) / "The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by RABIH DAHER has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [June 19] instead of [June 8]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your onlin

Analysis

حزب الله وإسرائيل لا يسعيان إلى حرب شاملة ولكنهما يخاطران بسوء التقدير في الذروة

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A picture taken on February 12, 2019, shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) discussing with soldiers as he stands near a naval Iron Dome defence system, designed to intercept and destroy incoming short-range rockets and artillery shells, installed on a Sa'ar 5 Lahav Class corvette of the Israeli Navy fleet, in the northern port of Haifa. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

وتؤدي شكاوى نتنياهو بشأن الأسلحة إلى توتر العلاقات مع الولايات المتحدة وتترك إسرائيل مكشوفة أمام حزب الله

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SOUTHERN ISRAEL, ISRAEL - JUNE 17: An Israeli tank moves along the border with the Gaza Strip as seen from a position on the Israeli side of the border on June 17, 2024 in Southern Israel, Israel. Israeli Army have agreed to a daily tactical pause in South Gaza to allow the passage of Humanitarian aid across the border. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Analysis

نتنياهو على مسار تصادمي مع الجيش الإسرائيلي بشأن الخطوات التالية في غزة

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Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese village of Khiam near the border on June 8, 2024 amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP) (Photo by RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

حماس تتأرجح بشأن الاتفاق مع انتقال الجبهة الرئيسية لإسرائيل إلى حزب الله اللبناني

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Cars drive past a billboard bearing an inscription in Hebrew which reads 'think well of who benefits from our division - unity now', with a portrait of the head of the political wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar, in Tel Aviv on April 26, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Palestinian territory. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

وبينما حماس "تقبل" نتنياهو الخطة الأمريكية، فإن السنوار "يتقدم عالياً" بعيداً عن الاستسلام

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TOPSHOT - A picture shows a Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system launching to intercept rockets being fired from Lebanon, next to the northern Israel city of Kiryat Shmona, near the near the Lebanon border on May 10, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP) (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

إسرائيل تدرس ثلاثة خيارات ضد حزب الله اللبناني، بما في ذلك الحرب الشاملة

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TOPSHOT - US President Joe Biden shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they meet on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 20, 2023. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

نتنياهو في مأزق: أنقذوا ائتلافه اليميني المتطرف أو أنقذوا إسرائيل من العزلة

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day for the six million Jews killed during World War II, at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on May 5, 2024. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

مع تزايد شعبيته، هل يستطيع نتنياهو أن يتخلى عن غانتس وينتظر ترامب؟

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Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024.

Analysis

وبينما يتمسك نتنياهو بالسلطة، فإن ضربة رفح تعني كارثة استراتيجية لإسرائيل

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من غير المرجح أن تستجيب إسرائيل لمحكمة العدل الدولية بشأن وقف معبر رفح، وتستعد لعواقب دبلوماسية

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian gestures during a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos on January 17, 2024. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

لماذا تشعر إسرائيل بالقلق إزاء استبدال وزير الخارجية الإيراني أكثر من قلق رئيسي؟

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