Israel's war on Lebanon: Lethal tactics, no endgame

We need to change the security situation. We need to be fully prepared for [ground] manoeuvres and action,” Major General Uri Gordon, the Israeli army’s northern front commander, recently told troops as he ordered them to prepare for a “new phase” of conflict in Lebanon.

The campaign so far has been an interconnected series of multi-domain attacks, with the aim of degrading Hezbollah’s resources as Israeli brigades remain engaged in two other offensives in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. 

Over the last 10 days, Israel believes it has inflicted significant damage on its strongest regional enemy: Hezbollah. 

On 17 and 18 September, thousands of handheld pagers and hundreds of walkie-talkies exploded almost simultaneously across Lebanon and Syria, killing dozens and injuring thousands. Two days later, an Israeli air strike killed at least 45 people, including two top Hezbollah commanders, Ibrahim Aqil and Ahmed Wahbi.

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