War with Israel: is Hezbollah restoring deterrence?
Israel will retaliate for Sunday’s attack "with the aim of pushing the party’s popular base to blame it" for carrying it out, "even though it was also meant to boost their morale."
This was the most powerful attack since Oct. 8, 2023. On Sunday night, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a strike carried out with “a swarm of explosive drones” against the Golani Brigade’s training base in Binyamina, south of Haifa.Four Israeli soldiers were killed, and more than 60 were injured, seven of them critically. This deadly assault comes as Hezbollah ramps up its attacks on Haifa, Israel’s second-largest city, and occasionally targets the Gush Dan area, the metropolitan zone surrounding Tel Aviv.After three weeks of intense Israeli escalation, during which southern Lebanon, the Bekaa Valley, and Beirut’s southern suburbs were heavily bombarded, Hezbollah has — in some measure — let go of its self-restraint. Read also: A ‘1701 plus’ in the making: Lebanese draft resolution in discussion at Security Council While the...
This was the most powerful attack since Oct. 8, 2023. On Sunday night, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a strike carried out with “a swarm of explosive drones” against the Golani Brigade’s training base in Binyamina, south of Haifa.Four Israeli soldiers were killed, and more than 60 were injured, seven of them critically. This deadly assault comes as Hezbollah ramps up its attacks on Haifa, Israel’s second-largest city, and occasionally targets the Gush Dan area, the metropolitan zone surrounding Tel Aviv.After three weeks of intense Israeli escalation, during which southern Lebanon, the Bekaa Valley, and Beirut’s southern suburbs were heavily bombarded, Hezbollah has — in some measure — let go of its self-restraint. Read also: A ‘1701 plus’ in the making: Lebanese draft resolution in discussion at Security...
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