As Trump Hints At End Date For War, Israel Pursues Its Own Goals With Lebanon Strikes
- By Ray Furlong and
- RFE/RL
After President Donald Trump remarked that US attacks on Iran may end "very soon," experts in Israel say that their government's own military campaign will likely follow Washington's lead. But as RFE/RL's Ray Furlong reports from Tel Aviv, Israel is pursuing its own security priorities with strikes on Hezbollah sites in Lebanon, while also risking US criticism over its choice of targets.