Hizballah’s Recent Attack on Israel Could Be a Sign of Much Worse to Come
Who’s deterring whom?
August 9, 2021
Hizballah’s Recent Attack on Israel Could Be a Sign of Much Worse to Come
Who’s deterring whom?
On Wednesday, Palestinian militants in southern Lebanon launched rockets into Israel—one of several such incidents in recent weeks. The IDF responded with artillery fire and airstrikes. Then, on Friday, Hizballah—which controls southern Lebanon, and has a great deal of power over the country as a whole—fired nineteen rockets into northern Israel. The IDF again responded with artillery fire directed at unpopulated areas. Yaakov Katz comments on this “dangerous and complicated” situation:
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