Trump and Netanyahu’s Rift Over Lebanon Deepens

Wall Street Journal: “Iran has conditioned that deal on an end to the fighting in Lebanon between Israel and its militia ally, Hezbollah. Tehran upped the ante overnight by firing waves of missiles at Israel after Israel attacked Hezbollah’s stronghold in the southern suburbs of Beirut.”

“Despite Trump’s effort to calm the growing tensions, Israel retaliated against targets in Iran including an important petrochemical facility, extending an exchange of fire that Iran warned could pull in energy facilities across the region.”