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Israel's Next War With Hezbollah Will Be Worse Than the Last

Nov 23, 2016 | 09:00 GMT

Israel's Next War With Hezbollah Will Be Worse Than the Last
Mourners pray over the casket of a Hezbollah commander killed in an Israeli airstrike in January 2015.

(MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty Images)

Summary

When the Syrian government launched an all-out offensive against the rebellion growing within its borders in April 2013, it did so with considerable help from Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Nearly four years later, Hezbollah's involvement in the Syrian civil war has only deepened. Though the group has not escaped the vicious conflict unscathed, it has emerged a more capable and deadly force — a fact that has not gone unnoticed by its longtime enemy to the south, Israel.

When the Syrian government launched an all-out offensive against the rebellion rising within its borders in April 2013, it did so with considerable help from Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Nearly four years later, Hezbollah's involvement in the Syrian civil war has only deepened in scope and scale. Though the group has not escaped the vicious conflict unscathed, it has emerged a more capable and deadly force -- a fact that has not gone unnoticed by its longtime enemy to the south, Israel. ...

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