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“Hezbollah must not be given a break,” vows Israel
Last week, Hezbollah-issued communication devices exploded. This week, Israel intensified airstrikes on precision Hezbollah targets. Next week?
“Israeli airstrike on Beirut piles pressure on Hezbollah,” Maya Gebeily, Tom Perry, and James Mackenzie warned for Reuters this week.
It was a worrying development for political analysts and national security experts watching the situation unfold with increasing trepidation. Fears of a wider conflict are reaching new heights.
Last week, hundreds of pagers issued by Hezbollah exploded in the hands and pockets of key operatives, killing dozens and injuring many more.
The locations of the explosions undoubtedly yielded plenty of valuable intelligence data as well. The following day, another wave of Hezbollah communication devices detonated.
This week’s airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Beirut are increasing the pressure on an already volatile conflict in constant risk of widening into a larger conflagration.
“An Israeli airstrike targeted a Hezbollah commander in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday, two security sources in Lebanon said, killing six people after Israel’s military chief said the Iran-backed group would be given no breathing space,” Reuters revealed. “Israel struck…