The relentless exchanges of fireplace between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah of latest days have stoked fears the longtime foes are transferring inexorably towards all-out struggle, regardless of worldwide appeals for restraint.
Officers and analysts in Jerusalem and Beirut advised reporters what the opposing sides hope to attain by ramping up their assaults and whether or not there may be any means out.
Israeli officers insist they’ve been left with no alternative however to reply to Hezbollah after its near-daily rocket hearth emptied communities close to the border with Lebanon for nearly a 12 months.