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Israeli troops deploy in an area in the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel on September 27, 2024. Jalaa MAREY / AFP

Eyes on Iran as Israel sets its sights on Tehran’s golden child

Hezbollah has been badly hit in recent days with damage inflicted at every level, leaving the world wondering what Israel's ultimate intentions are and what (if anything) Iran will do about it

Houssam Itani 26 September 2024
This file photo shows US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornets, attached to Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) and Belgian Air Force F-16s flying over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the Mediterranean Sea. Christina Sears / AFP

Will Israel finally succeed at pulling the US into a regional war?

US military build-up in the Middle East reflects its concern that Israel's new military operation in Lebanon could ultimately draw Iran into the conflict

Con Coughlin 25 September 2024
Members of Lebanon's powerful Shiite movement Hezbollah parade with a mock missile launcher in this file photo. AFP

Will Hezbollah choose to keep its word—or its arsenal?

The militant group must decide between walking back its threat to northern Israel or risking the loss of its advanced missile capabilities

Hanin Ghaddar 24 September 2024
Plumes of smoke rise from the site of the Israeli raid that targeted the Jabal al-Rayhan area in the Jezzine region of southern Lebanon on September 21, 2024. AFP

Israel and Hezbollah creep closer to all-out war

But Israel does not yet have the forces in place to invade

The Economist 23 September 2024
The pager attack on Hezbollah was most likely the result of the distribution of booby-trapped communication devices ahead of time through a front company that was controlled (or compromised) by the Israeli Mossad. Nash Weerasekera

By paging Hezbollah, Israel took aim at a chip in Iran’s armour

Actors battling sanctions can't be picky about where the initial product came from. After all, beggars can't afford to be choosers.

Michael Horowitz 22 September 2024
Thick smoke rises above the southern suburbs of Beirut after an Israeli strike on September 20, 2024. Israel says Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil and around 10 other commanders were killed. Hezbollah has not confirmed Aqil’s death. AFP

Israel has bloodied Hezbollah but is stuck in a war of attrition

Two attacks on the Shiite militia may not change Israel's strategic dilemma in Lebanon

The Economist 21 September 2024
The discovery that Hezbollah’s communication devices are compromised will have a ripple effect, limiting the ability of Iran’s proxies to act and coordinate Barbara Gibson

Pager attack transforms 'axis of resistance' into 'axis of paranoia'

The discovery that Hezbollah's communication devices are compromised will have a ripple effect, limiting the ability of Iran's proxies to act and coordinate

Lina Khatib 20 September 2024
Using phones to kill or strike down traditional enemies is not new to Israel. It actually pre-dates both pagers and mobiles. Lina Jaradat

Israel's assassinations via telecoms predate pagers

From letter bombs to car bombs to even chocolate, Israel has a long, sordid history of assassinations and unorthodox ways to carry them out

Sami Moubayed 18 September 2024
Andrei Cojocaru

The biggest question about the Hezbollah pager attack is why now

A technically adroit strike could be a curtain-raiser for an expanded conflict

Colin P. Clarke 18 September 2024
Ambulances arrive at the American University of Beirut Medical Center as more than 2,000 people, including Hezbollah fighters and medics, were wounded when their pagers exploded on September 17, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Pager attack deals painful but far from decisive blow to Hezbollah

Hezbollah has blamed Israel for a widespread terror attack that detonated thousands of pagers in Lebanon maiming more than 2,000 people and killing some.

Lina Khatib 17 September 2024
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