Are Israel and Hezbollah on the verge of a full-blown war? | Inside Story

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Published 2024-06-19
Tensions between the Israeli military and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah are at an all-time high.
They've been engaged in low-level hostilities for more than eight months.
The assassination of one of Hezbollah's most senior commanders last week, however, saw an unprecedented response.
US President Joe Biden sent a special envoy to the region, hoping to defuse tensions and prevent a wider conflict.
But has it worked?
And with no sign the Israeli military is close to ending its war on Gaza in the south, is it on the brink of opening up a second front in the north?

Presenter: Neave Barker

Guests:
Nicholas Noe -- Editor-in-Chief of the Beirut-based Mideastwire.com

Robert Geist Pinfold -- Lecturer in Peace and Security at Durham University

Mohanad Hage Ali -- Deputy Research Director at the Malcolm H Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center

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All Comments (21)
  • @MendeMaria-ej8bf
    Who wants imperialism? Who wants colonialism? Who wants occupation? Who wants siege? Who wants apartheid?
  • @Onequietvoice
    Israel has made it clear that they want such a war. Israel's previous adventures in to Lebanon did not end well for them.
  • @michaeljames5936
    Almost every 'mediator', 'envoy' etc., that the US sends is Jewish. Help me with the logic behind that?
  • @Mamali316
    When you say "Iran backed Hezbollah forces" be sure to also say "US backed illegal occupation criminal land theives", not Pssss ra eel!
  • @AllMightyLee
    When identifying Hezbollah, all medias call them "Iran backed". But why not also calling Israel "US backed" then?
  • @spirituselectus7602
    Amos J. Hochstein is an Israeli-American businessman, diplomat, and former lobbyist and he is representing the American people, whose fooling who
  • @MrVulkan67
    The State of Israel has no legal or moral claim to occupy Palestine.
  • @D-E-S_8559
    we've reached that moment in ISREAL as we did in Cuito Cuanavale---when the apartheid regime in South Africa realized the white supremacist colonial game was over.....
  • @user-nv9ju9dc3i
    Israel’s willingness to avoid another catastrophic war with Hezbollah, like the one in 2006, is critical
  • @MendeMaria-ej8bf
    The vampir has to be stopped no matter how. It can't go on like this.
  • @donHooligan
    does IOF know where all the schools and hospitals are? war crimes are the only "wins" they get.
  • @gonzameza5198
    The guy from UK, SLEEP with a Israeli flag in his bed.
  • @chrismalcomson7640
    When one of them suggested Israel would go after the Lebanese state rather than focus its attention on Hezbollah, what that really means is bombing civillians as they've done in Gaza. The thinking being the population will turn on them as being the cause of their suffering. Its a strategy that doesn't work but gives the appearance of military success. In Gaza its very unclear how successful the IDF has been actually fighting and defeating Hamas despite what they tell us.. The likes of Hamas and Hezbollah specialise in insurgences and acemetric warfare. which makes them very hard to kill..