Rescue workers use excavators to remove rubble of a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, Sarafand, South Lebanon, October 30, 2024 (AP)

EA on Dublin NewsTalk: Israel Cuts Off UN Aid to Gaza, West Bank, and South Lebanon

I joined India’s WION on Thursday amid reports of an initiative for a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

I express caution, given Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pursuit of “open-ended” war. That includes the second front against Hezbollah in September to diffuse pressure inside Israel over Netanyahu’s failure to get back hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.