Hezbollah's attack disappoints Hamas but averts all-out war with Israel - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Aug 26, 2024

TOPSHOT - This photo taken from a position in northern Israel shows a Hezbollah UAV intercepted by Israeli air forces over north Israel on August 25, 2024. The Israeli military announced early August 25, 2024 that it was conducting pre-emptive strikes in Lebanon after detecting preparations for "large-scale" attacks by the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. Hezbollah said it had launched more than 320 rockets at Israel overnight, targeting a string of military positions, even as Israel's military said it — This photo taken from a position in northern Israel shows a Hezbollah drone intercepted by Israeli air defense over northern Israel on Aug. 25, 2024. — JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images

A destroyed car and apartment building are seen after an Israeli airstrike on Aug. 20 that killed one and injured fifteen others, Nabi Chit, Lebanon, Aug. 21, 2024.

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A missile monument erected after the 2006 war, is seen on the roadside on August 26, 2024 Borj Kalawai, Lebanon. The recent assassination of a Hezbollah military commander in Lebanon, as well as the killing of the political leader of Hamas in Iran, has heightened concerns of a wider regional war between Israel and Iran-backed enemies like Hezbollah. Israel and Hezbollah have traded regular cross-border fire since Oct. 7, although both sides have seemed to calculate their attacks to avoid all-out war. (Photo

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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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