Analysis: Hezbollah, Assad Taking Gloves Off In fight Against Israel -- Haaretz
Previous incidents on the border were attributed to extreme Sunni organizations. This time, the IDF is pointing the finger at their rival, Hezbollah.
The significance of the incident on Friday on the Israeli-Lebanese border goes beyond its immediate outcome – three lightly wounded IDF soldiers who will be returned to their units after medical examinations.
Following previous incidents that originated in the Lebanese side of the Israeli-Syrian-Lebanese border triangle - which included rocket fire and the death of an Israeli soldier (Master Sgt. Shlomi Cohen, who was killed by a Lebanese soldier) – the IDF pointed a finger at extreme Sunni groups. This time, the address is these organizations' rival, Hezbollah. Immediately after the explosion on Friday, the IDF fired tank shells on a Hezbollah position in the village of Kila, north of the Israeli city of Metula, and a senior officer accused Hezbollah of planting the explosive.
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My Comment: The Syrian civil war has distracted everyone in the Levant. But I expect that with time .... Syria/Hezbollah/etc. will refocus their attention back to Israel.
2 comments:
It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when. When it does, it will be unlike anything before. There is so much unfinished business on the Northern border as well as the South.
Exactly right Mattathias.
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