Making Sense of Israel’s Preemptive Strike on Hizballah
Was Iran deterred from planning something bigger?
August 26, 2024
Was Iran deterred from planning something bigger?
This weekend saw perhaps the most intense exchange of fire between Hizballah and Israel since April, if not since the 2006 Lebanon war. And it would have been more intense still if the IDF hadn’t struck hundreds of rocket launchers before they could disgorge their contents. Ron Ben-Yishai provides some important context:
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