Why Hizballah Attacked an Israeli Offshore Gas Field
And gave the IDF a chance to prove its superiority.
July 11, 2022
Why Hizballah Attacked an Israeli Offshore Gas Field
And gave the IDF a chance to prove its superiority.
On July 2, Hizballah flew three drones at low altitudes over the Karish natural-gas field in the Mediterranean, which is the subject of a dispute between Israel and Lebanon. An Israeli jet and warship promptly shot them down. Most likely, writes Ron Ben-Yishai, the Iran-backed terrorist group launched them in response to an IDF attack on targets in Syria earlier the same day. But the incident has wider significance:
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