The pressure comes from the fact that the US and Iran are inching towards a memorandum of understanding that will likely include Lebanon, according to experts. “We have to be honest: Apart from certain tactical achievements that Israel has had, such as the widely celebrated taking of the fortress and the castle yesterday, there have been no real operational, definitely no strategic, gains by Israel,” they explained. “Netanyahu is under immense pressure to show something even if he has to concede ultimately to American pressure to cease operations,” he said.
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