A region-wide crisis could break out in the Middle East over one single misstep, experts told The Daily Beast.
launched anti-tank missiles across the Lebanese-Israeli border throughout the day on Friday, prompting Israeli Defense Forces to launch strikes against Hezbollah infrastructure.
Another fear is that Israel or Hezbollah might anticipate the other side escalating, and take preemptive action. “We have very strong relations with Hezbollah. We were cooperating with Hezbollah before the attack on Israel and after and now we are in full cooperation,” Ahmed Abdul-Hadi,An Israeli soldier rests his head on the barrel of a howitzer as Israeli soldiers take positions near the border with Gaza in southern Israel on Oct. 9, 2023.Iran, which has long financed Hezbollah and provided weapons, training, and diplomatic aid to Hezbollah, has been actively working with Hezbollah in recent days.
“The bar for Hezbollah and Iran to get involved in this conflict is pretty low, and the bar for the United States is pretty high and they know that,” Harding told The Daily Beast. “I think they’re going to have a moment of pause before they just assume the United States will want to jump into another Middle East conflict, and that’s going to play into their calculation on whether they will be deterred.
“As dangerous as Hamas has proven, I am—and I think most others are—far more concerned about Hezbollah.” “Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah remain committed to conducting terrorist attacks and could seek to do so on U.S. soil,” a U.S. intelligence community worldwide threat assessment from earlier this year said, adding that Hezbollah is continuing to develop its terrorist capabilities alongside its conventional military capabilities.
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Israel Defense Forces said it attacked Hezbollah targets on border with LebanonIsrael overnight struck targets along its border with Lebanon that Iran-controlled Hezbollah forces were using to launch attacks against communities in the northern part of the country.
Weiterlesen »
Israel Orders Evacuation of Northern City Amid Clashes with HezbollahIsrael ordered the evacuation of Kiryat Shmona, a city of some 22,000 people close to the Lebanese border, on Friday. Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants have repeatedly exchanged fire across the Israel-Lebanon border since the Hamas attack on Oct. 7.
Weiterlesen »
Israeli eliminates terrorists in Gaza, Lebanon, while striking Hamas and Hezbollah targetsIsrael's military is hitting back at Hamas and Hezbollah in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon on Friday, with airstrikes killing terrorists, officials say.
Weiterlesen »
Israel Orders Evacuation of Northern City Amid Hezbollah ClashesIsrael ordered the evacuation of Kiryat Shmona, a city of some 22,000 people close to the Lebanese border, on Friday. Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants have repeatedly exchanged fire across the Israel-Lebanon border since the Hamas attack on Oct. 7.
Weiterlesen »
What to know about Iran's role in the Israel-Hamas warIran-backed Hezbollah could open a second front in the war.
Weiterlesen »
Bridgeview Islamic school moves to e-learning after 'threatening hate letter'A southwest suburban school is moving to e-learning Friday after receiving what its principal described as a 'threatening hate letter.'
Weiterlesen »