Israel renews strikes on Beirut with US green light

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Iranian officials have renewed warnings over Israel's latest escalation.
40% : It said the war has weakened Israel, while Iran has emerged stronger from the conflict.
39% : But based on acknowledgments in Israeli media and comments from American officials speaking to US media, continued conflict would work to the detriment of Washington, although it could benefit Netanyahu despite Israel's strategic setbacks against Iran.
37% : TEHRAN - Israel renewed deadly airstrikes in the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, on Sunday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government attempts to gloss over its "strategic" defeat and "isolation" in the war on Iran.
37% : " Axios, however, reported that Israel notified CENTCOM about its strike in the Dahiyeh district shortly before the attack, which corroborates Iran's narrative.
37% : From Tehran's perspective, as reflected in Qalibaf's remarks, the attacks reinforce doubts about the United States' ability -- or willingness -- to restrain Israel during sensitive negotiations, raising questions about the credibility of Washington's commitments.
36% : Iranian armed forces struck strategic and military sites in Israel in response to the attacks in southern Beirut, warning of "much more intense and crushing measures than before" if the Netanyahu government continues its acts of aggression.
36% : However, Iranian officials say Israel does not attack Lebanon without approval from Washington.
34% : The Israeli military claimed it struck a Hezbollah base after the resistance group fired drones toward Israel.
34% : Amid Israel's failed military strategy against Iran, its latest escalation against Lebanon has raised serious questions.
33% : Nonetheless, Israel's continued adventurism in Lebanon will further hamper Trump's efforts to extricate himself from the conflict with Iran.
33% : Israel Hayom said Israel has failed to carry out regime change in Iran, remove hundreds of highly enriched uranium stockpiles, dismantle Iran's missile program, or bring an end to Iran's support for Hezbollah.
32% : However, fresh attacks suggest that Israel is seeking to sabotage that agreement.
31% : This is because a permanent state of conflict could help sustain Netanyahu's political survival as he faces corruption charges and criticism from rivals who accuse him of turning Israel into Washington's "vassal state.
29% : On June 7, Israel also bombed the Dahiyeh district, which was met with Iranian retaliation.
18% : A recent report by Israel Hayom has described the war with Iran as a "strategic loss" for Israel.
17% : President Donald Trump has adopted a contradictory stance regarding a peace deal with Iran as well as Israel's strikes in Lebanon.

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