As the Syrian war begins to cool to a manageable simmer, the Israelis and Hezbollah prepare to continue the fight that first started when Iran formed a proxy Shia militia in Lebanon in 1985.
While the last war in 2006 was widely viewed as a disaster for both sides, recent reports of Iran constructing manufacturing facilities in Lebanon for volume production of precision-guided missiles has reset the countdown clock for open hostilities. A pre-emptive strike against such facilities could trigger a retaliatory attack by Hezbollah and a resumption of full-scale war.
Click here to read more regional press reports: Times of Israel (Oct. 26); National Interest and Times of Israel (Oct. 1); High Level Military Group (PDF) and Israel Hayom (Sept. 1).
While the last war in 2006 was widely viewed as a disaster for both sides, recent reports of Iran constructing manufacturing facilities in Lebanon for volume production of precision-guided missiles has reset the countdown clock for open hostilities. A pre-emptive strike against such facilities could trigger a retaliatory attack by Hezbollah and a resumption of full-scale war.
Click here to read more regional press reports: Times of Israel (Oct. 26); National Interest and Times of Israel (Oct. 1); High Level Military Group (PDF) and Israel Hayom (Sept. 1).
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