Hezbollah fired medium-range rockets toward Haifa on Sunday morning local time in response to a series of deadlyattacks last week, significantly expanding the range of its attacks against Israel.
Why it matters: The latest fighting between Israel and Hezbollah is fueling fears about an all-out war between them.
U.S. officials say the Biden administration is "extremely concerned" about the risk of an all-out war between Israel and Lebanon, but hopes to use growing Israeli military pressure on Hezbollah to get a diplomatic deal to return civilians to their homes on both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border.
Why it matters: Israel and the U.S. are both looking for ways to decouple Hezbollah from Hamas. Despite months of diplomatic efforts by the Biden administration, Hezbollah hasn't agreed to any deal that would stop the current fighting with Israel before there is a ceasefire in Gaza.
Hezbollah confirmed its head of military operations, Ibrahim Aqil, was killed on Friday in an Israeli airstrike on a southern Beirut neighborhood. Lebanon's health ministry said at least 12 people were killed and dozens more were wounded.
The big picture: The strike in Beirut is further escalating the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, riskingan all-out war.
The Chinese government is running another broad campaign to hack as many American organizations as possible — heightening the threat across critical infrastructure.
Why it matters: The new hacking campaign suggests China could hold more expansive power to turn off key U.S. infrastructure than previously thought.
The Biden administration is highly concerned Israel's finance minister will cut Palestinian banks off from the Israeli financial system next month and cause an economic collapse in the occupied West Bank, two U.S. officials told Axios.
Why it matters: The crash of the Palestinian banking system could bring down the Palestinian Authority, creating a power vacuum that could throw the West Bank into chaos and exacerbate the conflict in the region.
Former President Trump said at a D.C. event on combating antisemitism that "any Jewish person" who votes for Vice President Kamala Harris "should have their head examined."
The big picture: Trump received a warm reception at the "Fighting Antisemitism in America" event, but he was accused outside of the summit of "dangerous antisemitism" for saying "if I don't win this election," then "the Jewish people would have a lot to do with a loss."
