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Prime Minister Mark Carney, U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice-President JD Vance meet in the Oval Office on Oct. 7, 2025.

Re “The dream of a better Lebanon remains afloat” (Opinion, Oct. 11): Contributor Dany Assaf describes the conflict in Lebanon as a “war between Israel and Hezbollah.” We find that this creates a false symmetry between a powerful state and a non-state actor, obscuring Israel’s overwhelming responsibility for the devastation.

According to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data non-profit organization, Israel carried out more than 8,300 attacks on Lebanon between 2023 and 2024, four times more than Hezbollah. Other reporting shows that to date, these Israeli attacks have killed more than 4,000 people and displaced nearly one million civilians.

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