The US-Israeli war on Iran is founded on two huge mistakes
If #Trump and #Netanyahu fail, it will be because they believed the Islamic Republic could be easily toppled and Hezbollah was a spent force
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-israeli-war-iran-founded-two-huge-miscalculations

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
Meron Rapoport in Tel Aviv
March 17, 2026

More than two weeks since Israel and the US attacked Iran, inflicting "death and destruction from the sky all day long" as US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said, it seems that the decision to go to war was founded on two major miscalculations.

One is almost entirely an American one regarding the possibility of toppling the Iranian ruling establishment, and the other is an Israeli misreading of #Hezbollah and its potential response.

In addition, the results of the 12-day war and the recent demonstrations in #Iran and subsequent violent crackdown led #Israel and the #US to believe that there was a golden opportunity to topple the #Iranian government.

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#Israel Killed Over a Dozen Lebanese Paramedics in Three Days, Now Claiming That #Ambulances Are “Hezbollah” Targets
Among the most targeted groups of Israel’s expanded war on #Lebanon have been #medical workers. #Hezbollah’s Islamic Health Authority has been the hardest hit.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/lebanon-medical-workers-paramedics-israel-targeted-ambulances-hezbollah-islamic-health-authority

from #DropSiteNews
March 16, 2026

BEIRUT, LEBANON—In early October 2025, #Lebanese #paramedic Haj Qassem Sultan stood outside Marjayoun Government Hospital in southern Lebanon and addressed Lebanese TV.

“Our message is clear. Even if we are killed one by one, we will not abandon our duty,” he said. “We will continue to serve Khiam and Marjayoun and Al-Taybeh and Debbine and all of our sacred land.”

He was attending a memorial for seven of his colleagues who were killed...

On Friday, Sultan was killed in another Israeli strike on an Islamic Health Authority (IHA) medical center in Burj Qalaouiyah...

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Iranian Officials Say They Have Been Ignoring Witkoff's Private Requests to Talk
Trump's special envoy has been texting #Iran’s foreign minister asking to start talks. Tehran says the war will end only when Iran believes it has established long-term deterrence.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-war-trump-witkoff-araghchi

from #DropSiteNews
March 16, 2026

...Araghchi took to X to deny the White House’s claims. “My last contact with Mr. #Witkoff was prior to his employer’s decision to kill diplomacy with another illegal military attack on Iran. Any claim to the contrary appears geared solely to mislead oil traders and the public,” he wrote.

...#Araghchi publicly rejected Trump’s characterizations. “We never asked for a ceasefire, and we have never asked even for negotiation,” he told CBS on Sunday. “We are ready to defend ourselves as long as it takes. ...and we continue to do that until President #Trump comes to the point that this is an illegal war with no victory.”

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