Israel and Hizbullah creep closer to all-out war
But Israel does not yet have the forces in place to invade
FOR NEARLY a year Israel has fought a defensive war on its border with Lebanon. Since October 8th the pattern has been familiar. Civilians on both sides of the border have fled. Hizbullah, the Shia militia in Lebanon, has fired missiles and launched explosive drones towards the towns and bases near Israel’s northern border. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has responded in kind with artillery and air strikes. That pattern has now been broken.
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