America Should Stop Restraining Israel in Lebanon
Examining Israel’s options after Hizballah’s deadly attack.
July 30, 2024
Examining Israel’s options after Hizballah’s deadly attack.
Between October 8, 2023 and July 26, 2024, Hizballah has launched more than 5,000 rockets and numerous drones into northern Israel, depopulating border towns, destroying buildings and infrastructure, and leaving over twenty people dead. That was before Saturday’s rocket attack, which killed twelve Druze children in a soccer field. While Jerusalem mulls a much harsher response than anything it has done thus far, Hizballah has not pulled back; yesterday alone, it fired twenty rockets and a drone into Israel. Matthew Levitt, Hanin Ghaddar, David Schenker, and Assaf Orion discuss what an Israeli response could and should look like. Levitt comments:
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