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LEBANON WAR

Hezbollah and Israel's recent escalation: Why now and what does it mean?

The southern suburbs of Beirut and Tel Aviv have been increasingly under attack over the last week.

Hezbollah and Israel's recent escalation: Why now and what does it mean?

Israeli airstrike targeting the southern suburbs of Beirut on November 14, 2024. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L'Orient Today)

BEIRUT — Over the past few days, the war between Hezbollah and Israel has escalated even more. The Israeli army announced that it started a second phase of the ground offensive against Lebanon and Hezbollah increased the scope of its attacks on military targets in Israel.The Israeli military has killed more than 3,360 people in Lebanon and more than 1.4 million people have been displaced since the beginning of the conflict in Oct. 2023. Following months of cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel in parallel with the war in Gaza, the Israeli army launched Operation Northern Arrows on Sept. 23 consisting of extensive airstrikes across Lebanon, one of which killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sept. 27, followed by the launch of a ground offensive three days later.Starting on Tuesday, the Israeli army doubled down...
BEIRUT — Over the past few days, the war between Hezbollah and Israel has escalated even more. The Israeli army announced that it started a second phase of the ground offensive against Lebanon and Hezbollah increased the scope of its attacks on military targets in Israel.The Israeli military has killed more than 3,360 people in Lebanon and more than 1.4 million people have been displaced since the beginning of the conflict in Oct. 2023. Following months of cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel in parallel with the war in Gaza, the Israeli army launched Operation Northern Arrows on Sept. 23 consisting of extensive airstrikes across Lebanon, one of which killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sept. 27, followed by the launch of a ground offensive three days later.Starting on Tuesday, the Israeli army doubled...