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Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz arrives at the US State Department ahead of a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on March 5, 2024, in Washington DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images)
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An Israeli army vehicle rolls along a road in northern Israel near town of Kiryat Shmona on January 3, 2024, amid ongoing tensions between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images)
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A model of Iran's first-ever hypersonic missile, the Fattah, next to a mosque in Tehran, Iran, on April 15, 2024. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Infantry soldiers from the Givati brigade of the Israel Defense Forces train with new, high-tech weapons and computers at the army's urban warfare training base on March 22, 2005, in southern Israel. (Photo by Yael Bar Hillal/IDF via Getty Images)
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Israeli tanks move near the border with the Gaza Strip on May 13, 2024. (Photo by Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images)
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James Barnett
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Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
