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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

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DIRECTOR FOR SYRIA AND LEBANON

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AND OTHERS. BEFORE THAT, LET’S

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GO TO NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT

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BRADLEY, WHO JOINED US FROM

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BEIRUT.

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JUST WHAT IS THE SITUATION
FOLLOWING THIS LATEST ISRAELI

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FOLLOWING THIS LATEST ISRAELI

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AIRSTRIKE?

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>> A LOT HAPPENING ALL AT ONCE.

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LATE LAST NIGHT, WE WERE SAT

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RIGHT HERE.

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WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A FRONT

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ROASTY TO THE HORRIFYING

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FIREWORKS RIGHT OVER HERE.

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THAT MUSLIM MAJORITY AREA SOUTH

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OF BEIRUT HAS BEEN THE FOCAL

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POINT OF SO MANY OF THESE

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ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES FOR THE LAST

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TWO WEEKS, EVER SINCE THE

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EXPENDED OFFENSE BY HEZBOLLAH

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BEGAN.

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LIKE YOU SAID, FOR THE SECOND

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TIME THIS WEEK AND WE HAVE SEEN

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THE ISRAELI GROUP STRIKING OUT

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INTO CENTRAL BEIRUT AND IT WAS

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VERY, VERY CLOSE TO THE MAIN
BUSINESS DISTRICT OF BEIRUT.

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BUSINESS DISTRICT OF BEIRUT.

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A LOT OF EMBASSIES, THE -- IT

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WAS A MEDICAL FACILITY THAT WAS

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CONNECTED TO HEZBOLLAH THAT WAS

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APPARENTLY THE TARGET OF THIS

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ATTACK.

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AS YOU SAID, NINE PEOPLE WERE

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REPORTED DEAD AND THE NUMBER

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COULD EASILY GO UP.

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WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT ISRAEL

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IS EXPANDING THE FOOTPRINT

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GEOGRAPHICALLY, BUT WE -- ALSO,
STRATEGICALLY, IDEOLOGICALLY,

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STRATEGICALLY, IDEOLOGICALLY,

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AND POLITICALLY, THIS WAS NOT A

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MILITARY TARGET.

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I ACTUALLY SPOKE YESTERDAY WITH

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A HEZBOLLAH MEMBER OF

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PARLIAMENT AND HE SAID THIS IS

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MILITANT GROUP.

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THEY ALSO HALFSIES IN -- SEATS.

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THIS MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT SAYS

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IF -- HE IS A POLITICAL FIGURE

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RATHER THAN A MILITANT FIGURE.

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THAT DOES NOT GO OUT -- WILL

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NOT PROTECT THEM ANYMORE AS WE

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SEE ISRAEL PUTTING MORE AND
MORE HAS TWO PEOPLE AND TARGETS

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MORE HAS TWO PEOPLE AND TARGETS

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ON ITS MENU.

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>> WE KNOW ISRAEL HAS PROMISED

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TO HEAD BACK AGAINST IRAN FOR

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THE BALLISTIC MISSILE ATTACK.

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PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAYS HE IS

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AGAINST THE TARGETING OF

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IRANIAN NUCLEAR SITES.

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DOES THE U.S. HAVE ENOUGH

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INFLUENCE WHAT NETANYAHU RIGHT

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NOW TO GET THEM TO AVOID THOSE

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TARGETS?

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>> WE HOPE THAT THEY DO BECAUSE

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THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS IT

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DOES NOT LOOK AS THOUGH THE

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ISRAELIS WILL BE STOPPING

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ANYTIME SOON.

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LIKE I SAID, THEY ARE EXPANDING

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THEIR LIST OF TARGETS HERE AT
LEBANON.

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LEBANON.

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THEY ARE USING THEIR AIRSTRIKES

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TO ATTACK TARGETS IN SYRIA AND

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IN YEMEN AND THIS IS NOT NEW,

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PER SE, BUT IT LOOKS AS THOUGH

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THE TEMPO AND THE TONE OF THIS

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HAS REALLY INCREASED OVER THE

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LAST 2 TO 3 WEEKS.

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REPORTING SHOWS THERE IS

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FRUSTRATION, THAT THEY NO

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LONGER HAVE THE TRACTION IN

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JERUSALEM THEY DID BEFORE HER

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WITH THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OR

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WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER

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BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HIMSELF, BUT

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SOME OF THE REPORTS OPTICAL

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FROM AXIOS, CAME OUT SAYING THE

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ISRAELIS, THIS TIME, ARE

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DEFINITELY GOING TO BE

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CONSULTING WITH THE U.S.

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GOVERNMENT BEFORE THEY TAKE

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RETALIATORY STEPS.

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WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE GOING
TO FOLLOW THROUGH OR LISTEN TO

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TO FOLLOW THROUGH OR LISTEN TO

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PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN -- HE

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WORRIES ABOUT ESCALATION AND
THAT IS YET TO BE SEEN.

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THAT IS YET TO BE SEEN.

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ISRAEL, VERY CLEARLY, IS --

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LIKE I SAID, THEY ARE EXPANDING