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October 18, 2023

Hizballah’s Northern-Front Dilemma

Once it fires its vast missile arsenal, it will lose its deterrent power—but it might get involved anyway.

Meanwhile, on Sunday, Hamas and Hizballah fired rockets at Israeli towns from Lebanon, and the IDF responded with airstrikes. The possibility that Hizballah—which is better trained, better armed, and more experienced than Hamas—might open up another front has Israeli generals worried, but the Iran-backed terrorist group seems at the moment to be avoiding confrontation. Hanin Ghaddar explains its dilemma:

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October 18, 2023

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  2. How the Media Abet Hamas

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  3. Hizballah’s Northern-Front Dilemma

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