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Across the israelilebanese border are threatening to turn into allout war as bullet fired rockets deeper into israeli territory overnight and the israeli military continues to hit targets along that border, capping a dramatic week of major operations against their iranian backed foe. Its enough escalation the us concerned, they are urging all sides to step back from the break. Cnns Julia Benbrook, joining us now, live from the white House And Julia house, the administration approaching this diplomatic side will to start the u. S. Embassy in lebanon is urging americans to get out while commercial flights are still available, the us State Department issued a new Travel Advisory over the weekend again, thats a level four advisory. The highest that they issue and in it they said, quote, do not travel to lebanon due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, unexploded landmines, and the risk of armed its conflict. It also said that those who remain in the area should be prepared to shelter in place if the situation worsens. This is all happening as president joe biden, inches of very important week when it comes to foreign relations here hes headed to the United Nations General Assembly in New York in just a few days. And when he arrived back at the White House this afternoon, took some questions from reporters. He reaffirmed that he is concerned about the growing tension james, in the Middle East i am we can wider war from breaking still pushing hard in a series of interviews earlier today, White House secure it national Security Council Spokesperson john kirby, he said that it is the White Houses view that Military Escalation does not help israeli prime Minister Benjamin im in Netanyahus Goal of returning to normalcy. He also spoke about how the u. S. Is not giving up on Hostage And Ceasefire negotiations tens, but acknowledges that Hamas Leader is a big obstacle when it comes to these talks. Just a few days ago biden was asked about these ongoing ceasefire talks, and i think is answered. Its a lot of insight as to how they see this going forward. He said quote, a lot of things dont look realistic until we get them done. We have to keep at it jessica. Alright. Julia benbrook for us, the latest reporting from the White House. Thank you for that. As well as second Ranking Commander now calling this a Battle Without Limits In a week with hundreds of Rocket Blast airstrikes and deadly exploding pagers and walkietalkies. Ben wedeman is joining us now, live from beirut ben, the question on so many peoples mind, where is this all headed . Well certainly weve seen this six days of rising tensions and it doesnt seem that theyre going to be going down. We were at the funeral hello, of Ibrahim Aqil that senior Hezbollah Commander who was killed last friday in the strike On Beirut to that killed him and more than a dozen other hezbollah militants as well as many simple billions, including women and children act that funeral. He said that hezbollah will continue to strike targets in northern israel, will prevent israelis from returning to their homes along the border. And he said that the strikes that took place overnight three individuals salvos that reached deep inside israel. He said that those were just the beginning of what he called a battle without limits and do weve also heard from the israeli side, prime Minister Benjamin netanyahu, saying that if hezbollah didnt get the message, i promise it will get the message. His chief of staff of the army, Herzi Halevi came out and said that israel will intensify its strikes on lebanon. Basically, what weve seen since last tuesday is every single day, has either seen a major event, if you can call it that like the pager explosions, like the Walkietalkie Explosion . Like Fridays Strike On Beirut, or for instance, the other days weve seen intense israeli strikes on southern lebanon. And of course, what we saw the early hours of this morning was his Butler Strikes on israel. So just every single day brings more and more evidence, had things are escalating dramatically. Of course, we heard that The Americans are doing what they can prevent a full scale war. But what weve seen so far since october is that us diplomacy really hasnt made much Progress Secretary of State Antony Blinken has made ten visits to the Middle East and has yet to been able to actually halt the fighting in any meaningful way and here In Beirut back in 1982, i remember President Reagan was able to stop the israelis from bombing during the siege of west beirut. And within three months, and what was a very bloody and destructive war this time around, it doesnt seem The Americans have the. Will or the ability or the willingness to use pressure on all sides to bring the war In Gaza to an end, which would have a knock on effect of bringing the hostilities on the border between Israel And Lebanon to an end as well. Jessica. All right. Ben wedeman for us In Beirut tonight. Thank you very much for that reporting. And lets bring in our next two guests, Cnn Global Affairs analyst Kim Dozier and Senior Editor for bloomberg, bobby ghosh. Its good to see both of you this afternoon can lets start first with you. There has been this backandforth between Hezbollah And Israel since hezbollah began Firing Rockets into israel in support of hamas following October 7 but this week we have seen this escalation in this whole situation is there a Point Of No Return . When it comes to all out war between these two entities there may be, were not there yet at this point. It is still pinpointed attacks for the most part by each side, the volleys going back and forth what holds israel back from an old Scale Invasion like it did in 2006 . Its troops are tired and going in on the ground would mean a labor intensive operation because these missiles, rockets that israel has been striking, israeli officials have briefed me that many of them are inside or near populated areas that means counterinsurgency going House To house, looking for hidden caches of weapons. On the hezbollah side, the reason i think theyre holding back is, first of all, theres the Communications Disarray caused by the Pager And Walkietalkie attacks that have been attributed to israel. Plus hezbollah has always intended to use those weapons. As an answer to israels attack on iran at some point in the future. If it starts hitting populated areas with those missiles, that would trigger out the trigger a Backandforth Conflagration that would force it to use rockets that iran hopes to use in another strategic concept context, if it gets threatened in the future and bobby, a top ranking hezbollah official, is now calling this a battle without limits. What do you think that might look like . And how will these extensive losses that weve seen in their leadership impact Hezbollahs Ability to fight. How might that all play out . Well as well as hoping that gravely agreeably sort of this it damages the infrastructure of war that hezbollah has its command, and its command. The targeting of their top Operations Leader and the leader of their Special Forces Ibrahim Aqil Ben Wedeman was just talking about his funeral. There. Thats a very, very significant kill from Israels Point of view he would have been crucial in any escalation of hostilities between the two sides. I wanted to add point to what kim was saying there, which is among israels many calculations. And one of the reasons why israel would not want this to escalate to the next level. And possibly help him. Is that hezbollah is a very different kind of enemy than hamas what weve seen over the past year with israels operations in against hamas In Gaza, has been poor the most part, a very onesided after October 7, after hamass initial attack on israel its been mostly onesided, hospitalized a very, very different creature. It is a it is closer army. It has Tens Of Thousands of fighters battleharden from previous battles with israel. And with a lot of experience of more recent fighting in places like syria has been has a far more threats i mean arsenal of weapons, Tens Of Thousands of rockets, hundreds, possibly thousands of iranian made missiles it is a much, much more potent force and a war between Israel And Hezbollah would look very different from the war between israel and hamas. It would be one in which ordinary israelis would feel the war in a much more real way than they have done. The war against hamas. And that has got to factor into the calculations. Both of the political leadership in israel, but also the military leadership. I think that is such important context that you point out and kim to that end we know President Biden has expressed concern. We just heard him saying it over the escalation. We know that the administration publicly continues to push for this diplomatic solution, but our analyst, barak ravid, whos at axios has also reported that some us officials have said that they understand this idea of israels, that they have to escalate to deescalate because its the strategy, but they acknowledged thats a very hard calibration. What do you think about all of that . Well, from the israeli Point Of View the time that they got the most hostages back was when they had invaded gaza and really had Gaza Militant had hamas militarily On The Run but, now were also in a situation where the biden administration also has to look like its not pushing too hard because whats happened in the past when they pushed hard Behind Closed Doors or made strident comments public. It hasnt changed the behavior of prime Minister Benjamin netanyahu and this close to the u. S. Election, when netanyahu is hoping for a Trump Presidency which. He believes would act in his favor. Hes not going to give the bidendministration the win of a ceasefire and the return of hostages. When he can can just keep this violence turning over thats a very calculated way to describe it. But when you hear from israelis, thats what they meant. He of them, especially some of the hostage families think is going on. That netanyahu is dragging out the violence. In one sense, because on the international stage hes hoping therell be a new person in the White House will be more favorable to him and bobby, we have to go, but ill give you a final a final thought on that topic as well. Well that clearly he is the calculation that bibi netanyahu has, that there will be a change of leadership. I am skeptical that that will make how much of a difference i dont think Donald Trump wants to come into office. Should that happen having to deal with the war in the Middle East, a war in which the united states will, whether it likes it or not youll get more and more involved. I think there have been some communications from the biden from the Trump Camp to a two biden. I better button to bibi netanyahu making that exact point. I dont Think Trump wants a war in the Middle East any more than biden does, that may maybe bibi netanyahus calculation but i think he may not have gotten that one properly calibrate. All right. Kim Dozier And Bobby ghosh. 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