✅ Voices from the Arab press: If this isn't a war, what exactly is it?

Politics

An-Nahar, Lebanon, Sept. 13For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org We are nearing the precipice of a large-scale conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. This alarming prediction was made by a senior Lebanese official involved in the diplomatic talks that have taken place following Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr on July 30. Despite Hezbollah’s grandiose threats, the actual response fell short. Hezbollah’s retaliation involved an attack of 340 basic missiles and six drones, none of which hit their publicly announced targets as declared by the party’s secretary-general, Hassan Nasrallah.Nasrallah’s rhetoric has noticeably softened since his initial speech after Shukr’s assassination, signaling a need to temper expectations within both Lebanon and the broader ...

Jerusalem Post     Sep 21, 2024