Lebanon Lurches toward Disaster, While Posing a Threat to Israel
Explosions, trials, and Iranian hegemony.
August 5, 2020
Lebanon Lurches toward Disaster, While Posing a Threat to Israel
Explosions, trials, and Iranian hegemony.
On Sunday, the IDF killed four guerrillas attempting to plant explosives near one of its observation posts along the border with Syria. The next night, Israeli aircraft retaliated by striking several Syrian military targets. The exchange was one of several in the past two weeks, as Iran-backed militias, Hizballah foremost among them, have been trying to exact revenge on the Jewish state for killing one of their operatives. Meanwhile a large explosion—apparently not caused by Israel—shook Beirut. Benny Avni writes:
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