Some U.S. government insiders doubt President Joe Biden can avert a war between Israel and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah that could drag in the U.S. and Iran.

“We have let Israel face zero consequences for crossing all of our red lines in Gaza so they are emboldened and know they will face no consequences for going into Lebanon, despite us saying, ‘Don’t go there,’” argued the Defense Department official.

Biden is “pushing to not engage [in a war] but our saying ‘We will support Israel’ I don’t believe is helping,” another State Department official told HuffPost.