Just a week after calling urgently for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah to avoid the possibility of all-out war in the Middle East, the administration has shifted its message as Israel presses ahead with ground incursions in Lebanon.

The IDF’s recent airstrikes on Lebanon killed over 1,400 people, and displaced more than 900,000, a fifth of the population.

Israel says its accelerated strikes this week have already inflicted heavy damage on Hezbollah’s weapons capabilities and its fighters.

Prospects for peace have further dimmed.