The Times of Israel reports: “A full-blown war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon could have ‘catastrophic and unforeseen consequences,’ a senior US official said at the Middle East America Dialogue (MEAD) summit in Washington, DC, on Monday.

‘There is an idea of ​​’Let’s go to war and then we will destroy all the missiles Hezbollah has and everything will be fine.’ It’s not that simple. There is no magic solution. The other side cannot be annihilated. At the end of the war, Israel may pay a heavy price and not achieve its goals,’ the official was quoted by Israeli journalist Barak Ravid as saying, while recommending a diplomatic rather than military solution to calm the border tensions.

‘There is no war in lab conditions. It’s not a game. I don’t doubt the capabilities of the IDF, but we have to think about the fact that there will be serious consequences for both sides,’ the US official added, speaking on the second day of the two-day Washington conference chaired by two former senior US administration officials, Dennis Ross and Elliot Abrams, and two former American ambassadors to Israel, Tom Nides and David Friedman…”