Israel hits Hezbollah deeper in Lebanon, but full-scale war not there yet - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Ben Caspit

Feb 27, 2024

JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images — This picture taken from an Israeli position along the border with southern Lebanon shows rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel on Feb. 26, 2024. — JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images

TOPSHOT - A picture shows a Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system launching to intercept rockets being fired from Lebanon, next to the northern Israel city of Kiryat Shmona, near the near the Lebanon border on May 10, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP) (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)

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Israel mulls 3 options against Lebanon's Hezbollah, including full-scale war

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Israeli-armored vehicles take position near the border with Syria in the village of Majdal Shams in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights, Oct. 25, 2021.

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Israel plans ‘painful and incisive’ response to Hezbollah but not all-out Lebanon war

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A picture taken from northern Israel, along the border with southern Lebanon on March 4, 2024, shows smoke billowing following Israeli bombardment on the Lebanese village of Markaba. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP) (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images

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Lebanon, not Gaza, could trigger regional war as Israel-Hezbollah tension soars

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This picture taken from an Israeli position along the border with southern Lebanon shows smoke billowing above the village of Adayseh during Israeli bombardment, Jan. 4, 2024.

Analysis

How damaging was Hezbollah's rocket barrage on Israeli air base?

Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs