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September 6, 2024

Hizballah Tries to Sell Its Foiled Attack on Israel as a Great Victory

Fake news, real missiles, and Iran deterred.

On August 25, in the wee hours of the morning, the IDF carried out a wave of airstrikes on Hizballah positions, preventing the massive rocket and drone attack the Iran-backed terrorist group had planned. Aviram Bellaishe argues that the attack wasn’t only intended to avenge the killing of the Hizballah commander Fuad Shukr, but also that of the Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh on the same day. Iran had ostentatiously vowed revenge for the second, but Bellaishe believes it is happy to outsource the job:

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September 6, 2024

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