Set to a peppy electronic soundtrack, a recent video clip showed what the Hezbollah militia said was a missile-firing drone, a new weapon in its arsenal as it ratchets up its strikes on Israel.
Flaunting a new weapon is the type of muscle flexing that Hassan Nasrallah, the organization’s elusive leader, crows about.
Israel, too, is hitting targets farther into Lebanon.
The latest surge by Hezbollah came this week, with a series of daily drone strikes by the militia hitting some civilian targets well into Israel.
Senior officials starting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stoked their rhetorical threats against Hezbollah, suggesting that a day of reckoning was close at hand.
Persons:
Flaunting, Hassan Nasrallah, ”, Benjamin Netanyahu stoked
Organizations:
Senior, Israeli
Locations:
Israel, Gaza, Lebanon