Israel and Hezbollah have been stuck in the tit-for-tat horror of escalation chicken for nearly a year.
But the greater the harm inflicted on Hezbollah recently, the more likely a shorter-term Israeli success has seemed.
A full-scale ground war between a tired, divided Israeli military and an experienced, angry Hezbollah inside southern Lebanon would likely be disastrous for Israel.
The past week has shown the technological chasm between the two adversaries.
Hassan Ammar/APMilitarily, the past week has been a disaster for Hezbollah.
Persons:
Ibrahim Aqil, Hassan Nasrallah – Hezbollah’s, Nasrallah, Benjamin Netanyahu, “, Hassan Ammar, Netanyahu –
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CNN, NATO
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Israel, Iran, United States, Washington, Lebanon, Beirut, Beirut's, Russia, Ukraine, Gaza, irrelevance, Afghanistan