Ronen Bergman

Israel reacted with massive force.

And after a short while, both sides found themselves totally deteriorated in an all-out war.

And Israel, they said, we will not stop until we remove the threat.

Remove the threat, meaning dismantling Hezbollah, disarming Hezbollah.

So Hezbollah found itself not just showing solidarity to their comrades and brothers in Iran,

But they realized that they, in Lebanon, Hezbollah, are fighting existential threat themselves.

A total new front that Israel got itself totally mixed in.

Yeah.

And for a few hours, there was nothing said in Israel or in the U.S.

that Lebanon is not included.

And during these few hours, there were like many, many phone calls and communication from Israel, from Jerusalem to the White House.

And as I heard, basically asking Trump, President Trump, to let Israel do at least one more round.

But Netanyahu was in a tight spot.

Israel did not agree to the ceasefire.

It accepted the ceasefire on Iran.

It did not accept the ceasefire on Lebanon.

As far as I understand, this is pushed back by the official spokesperson, but as far as I understand, the Americans were aware that Israel is going to strike.

They were shocked at the extent of the strike.

I heard that they complained to the Israelis that they didn't know what they were going to bomb.

The volume of the bombing, of course, the collateral damage, the civilians that were killed, as reported from Lebanon.