Israel is hinting at a wider war in the Middle East — one that the US thinks it will lose: report

• Israel has hinted that it may escalate its conflicts to a wider war in the Middle East.
• Tensions have been rising between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah. 
• But the US has privately warned Israel it would struggle to win, the Washington Post reported.

With Israel's war in Gaza still raging, tensions have also been flaring between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah — and Israel hinting that a wider war may be on the horizon, according to a report from the Washington Post.