Hezbollah's latest rocket barrage deepens the Israel-Lebanon conflict. Sky News' Alex Crawford reports on the growing tensions and their impact.
While solidarity with Palestinians may be part of Hezbollah’s rhetoric, its attacks on Israel are driven by purely hateful interests.
The IDF’s chief spokesman, Adm. Daniel Hagari, said Netanyahu’s call for “absolute victory” is unrealistic. “The idea that it is possible to destroy Hamas, to make Hamas vanish, is wrong,” he added.
Hezbollah claimed to have fired the barrage of projectiles in response to the alleged deaths of 3 Syrian children caught up in an Israeli airstrike.
The Axis of Resistance is an alliance built up over years of Iranian support against Israel and US influence in the Middle East.
Nasrallah is channeling this Shi’ite history into his speech to explain Hezbollah’s willingness to take more losses fighting Israel.
If Israel did go into a mega war with Hezbollah, Israel would “win”, but the costs would be beyond what most of the public imagines.
Contrary to Hezbollah’s parades that claim to convey uniformity in Lebanon, what used to be a broad support base for the Shi’ite terror organization is now divided.
Israel’s Defense Minister, in a visit to Mount Hermon on July 7, said that regardless of whether Hezbollah stops its attacks, Israel may continue to operate against Hezbollah.
The evacuation extensions will be financed by a sweeping 1% budget cut.
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