Biden managed to dissuade Netanyahu from attacking Hezbollah on October 11
This was reported by The Wall Street Journal, which revealed a conversation that both leaders had when Israel had everything ready to begin the offensive.
(Cordon Press)
Hamas launched its attack on Israel in the early hours of October 7, massacring people and kidnapping others in the Gaza Strip. Since then, a war broke out that still continues in the Middle East. From the United States, , although he asked for more moderation in recent weeks. In this context, The Wall Street Journal revealed that Biden managed to convince Netanyahu not to attack Hezbollah when everything was already prepared to launch the offensive.
According to WSJ, Israel had intelligence information indicating that the Lebanese organization was preparing to launch an attack against the Jewish State, thus cornering its forces.
In response, the Israeli prime minister prepared a counteroffensive, with fighter jets ready and waiting for orders to begin the preemptive strike. However, it was here that Biden and part of his cabinet contacted Bibi and convinced him not to go ahead with his plans.
"The Israeli attack didn't go ahead. And the conversation between Biden and other U.S. officials and Netanyahu and his war cabinet—the details of which haven't been previously reported—set a pattern of White House efforts to guard against any expansion of the conflict that could draw in the U.S.," the WSJ reported.
The White House's deterrence is part of its strategy to avoid any escalation of violence on the border that Israel shares with Lebanon. To reinforce the rhetoric, Washington, D.C. sent two aircraft carrier strike groups to the eastern Mediterranean, followed by a nuclear submarine, to reinforce deterrence.
Biden asked Netanyahu for moderation
Marking a break from the speech he had maintained since October 7, the American president said that Israel should change its strategy in the Gaza Strip, emphasizing that it was losing support at the international level.
"It has to change, and with this government, this government in Israel is making it very difficult for him to move. Bibi's got a tough decision to make. This is the most conservative government in Israel's history," he noted on December 13, later adding that the current Israeli administration "does not want a two-state solution."
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