Bullet points of ‘We Are on the Edge’: Civilians Brace for All-Out War in the Middle East
- The Israeli-Lebanese border is eerily silent, with abandoned towns and kibbutzim, and only a few foreign farm workers and their boss remaining in neighborhoods.
- Tens of thousands of northern Israelis and over 100,000 Lebanese have been displaced due to the war in Gaza and Hezbollah's involvement.
- Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is accused of attempting to expand the conflict for political salvation, with many Israelis demanding a negotiated release of captives held by Hamas.
- The war has brought the Middle East to the edge of an unprecedented conflict, with the US sending aircraft carriers and submarines to the Eastern Mediterranean to back Israel.
- A cease-fire is seen as the only way to prevent a wider war, with Iran indicating it will hold back its retaliation if the Biden administration's proposal results in an end to Israeli fighting in Gaza.
- Netanyahu's goal is to instigate a wider war to shift focus away from the war in Gaza, which has killed over 40,000 Palestinians, and to deflect from growing Western discontent.
- The war has caused unprecedented destruction and displacement, with many Israelis and Palestinians living in fear of a wider conflict.
- The international community is bracing for a violent spiral, with the US, Israel, and Iran all playing a crucial role in the conflict.
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