An Israeli tank passing near destroyed houses in southern Lebanon on April 29, 2026. (Credit: Jalaa Marey/AFP)
As confrontations in southern Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah edge toward a war of attrition, the party is threatening to resume suicide operations — a tactic it used in the 1980s and 1990s, when Israel occupied a border security zone. Twenty-six years later, with Israeli forces again present in southern Lebanon, a Hezbollah official told L’Orient-Le Jour that such a scenario is plausible. "Some of our fighters are on the front lines and are engaged in face-to-face combat with the enemy. They know their chances of survival are very limited. Hence the possibility for them to resort to this type of operation," the official explained.The objective would be to raise the cost for Israeli troops in southern Lebanon and push Tel Aviv to withdraw, as it did in 2000. The current rules of engagement are no longer sufficient to deter...
As confrontations in southern Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah edge toward a war of attrition, the party is threatening to resume suicide operations — a tactic it used in the 1980s and 1990s, when Israel occupied a border security zone. Twenty-six years later, with Israeli forces again present in southern Lebanon, a Hezbollah official told L’Orient-Le Jour that such a scenario is plausible. "Some of our fighters are on the front lines and are engaged in face-to-face combat with the enemy. They know their chances of survival are very limited. Hence the possibility for them to resort to this type of operation," the official explained.The objective would be to raise the cost for Israeli troops in southern Lebanon and push Tel Aviv to withdraw, as it did in 2000. The current rules of engagement are no longer sufficient to...
