War in Lebanon: the Israeli press storms against Trump

“The frustration is palpable within the IDF general staff and the establishment… writes this Thursday the Israeli daily Maariv, after the abandonment this week, under pressure from Donald Trump, of a military operation, considered highly strategic, against Hezbollah in its stronghold in Beirut. “It was supposed to be a masterstroke that would have broken Hezbollah†, but Washington’s decision “a tout gâchéâ€, storms the right-wing daily.

Monday evening, the American president ordered the Israeli Prime Minister to interrupt his planned air offensive on the Lebanese capital, during a stormy telephone exchange, “punctuated with insults†, during which Donald Trump would have accused Benjamin Netanyahu of being “totally crazy†et “ungrateful†, according to the American media Axios.

A reprimand considered humiliating by part of the coalition in power in Israel and the local press. According to Mary, Trump’s decision is above all a “error†strategic having “wiped out a long period of intelligence work […] which was supposed to inflict considerable damage on Hezbollah…

“Trump dealt a strategic blow to Israelâ€

Since this fiery exchange, relayed by several media outlets around the world, relations between Trump and Netanyahu have been tense, while Israeli newspapers