A site targeted by Israel in the village of Khiam on Sept. 11, 2024. (Credit: Rabih Daher/AFP)
The Israel-Hezbollah cross-border clashes seem to have flared up again in recent days, which indicates that Israel intends to escalate, after a week-long relative lull at the “support front” in the wake of Hezbollah’s response to the assassination of its top military official commander Fouad Shukur in Beirut. This retaliation proved harmless to Israel.In addition to the war-mongering statements of several Israeli ministers and leaders, the escalation on the Israeli side is manifested in its deadly strikes, including the one that killed three Civil Defense volunteers in Froun, in the Bint Jbeil district in south Lebanon. Read also Lebanon-Israel: Diplomacy struggles to find a path forward It was a first, said the Civil Defense, which stated that its teams were directly targeted. This provocation prompted Hezbollah to retaliate,...
The Israel-Hezbollah cross-border clashes seem to have flared up again in recent days, which indicates that Israel intends to escalate, after a week-long relative lull at the “support front” in the wake of Hezbollah’s response to the assassination of its top military official commander Fouad Shukur in Beirut. This retaliation proved harmless to Israel.In addition to the war-mongering statements of several Israeli ministers and leaders, the escalation on the Israeli side is manifested in its deadly strikes, including the one that killed three Civil Defense volunteers in Froun, in the Bint Jbeil district in south Lebanon. Read also Lebanon-Israel: Diplomacy struggles to find a path forward It was a first, said the Civil Defense, which stated that its teams were directly targeted. This provocation prompted Hezbollah to...
