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Israel’s clever strategy in strike on Hezbollah leader

By Tom Rogan
Published July 30, 2024 2:30pm ET
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Israel’s clever strategy in strike on Hezbollah leader
Hezbollah fighters raise their group flags, as they salut the coffin of their comrade Mohammed Tahhan who was shot dead on Friday by Israeli forces along the Lebanon-Israel border, during his funeral procession, in the southern village of Adloun, Lebanon, Saturday, May 15, 2021. Earlier Saturday, an Israeli military spokesman warned Lebanese authorities not to allow protesters to breach the border. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

The Israel Defense Forces targeted a senior Lebanese Hezbollah leader in Beirut on Tuesday. Israel says that the missile strike constitutes retaliation for a Hezbollah rocket attack that killed 12 Israeli children on Saturday.

The Israeli action appears clever in its strategic calculation. I say that for two reasons.

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Defense Foreign Policy Hezbollah Israel Lebanon Terrorism