Rubble from buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes on port city of Tyre in southern Lebanon, June 19, 2026 (Hassan Ammar/AP)
EA on DW News: Trump Fails in His War on Iran
I examine how the Netanyahu Government, failing to get regime change in Iran, is seeking a zone of occupation at least 10 km deep inside southern Lebanon. I juxtapose the rationale that Israel is pushing back Hezbollah with almost 4,000 Lebanese killed since March 2 and around 1.2 million — 20% of the country’s population — displaced.
I explain how Israel’s strikes on Beirut almost blocked a US-Iran Memorandum of Cooperation, and how its assault on Friday across southern Lebanon postponed discussions for implementation of the document.
Along the way, I take apart the propaganda of Israeli commentator Itay Mediana. The other analyst is Raja Karthikeya of the Takshashila Institute.
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