"The broader Lebanese population sees little strategic or national benefit in entangling their fragile country further in Iran’s own agenda, particularly after the heavy toll they have already paid," one analyst told Breaking Defense.
The Middle Eastern nation has used a siren system to warn of threats for decades, but the latest Gaza war saw several upgrades, an Israeli security official told Breaking Defense.
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Experts told Breaking Defense their eyes were on key flashpoints that could affect the balance of power in the region for years to come, from the fate of Russian military bases in Syria to the potential collapse of an Iranian weapons pipeline to the Lebanese group Hezbollah.
In a recent tour, Israel Defense Forces showcased new methods and technology that they say has halved the casualty rate for the seriously injured.
The prime minister suggested there was a widening gulf of "trust" between the two high-profile Israeli officials, though opposition leaders and analysts sharply criticized the move.
In this op-ed, US Army retired Gen. David Perkins and Ari Cicurel of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America say Israel has adapted to fighting in tunnel systems — and the US must follow suit.
“Israel, Hezbollah, and Iran have reasons to confuse GPS-guided weapons used by their adversaries in the region and any of them could be behind these incidents,” one expert told Breaking Defense.
A year ago today, Hamas attacked Israel, catching Jerusalem off guard. Since, the Israel Defense Forces have worked to adapt.
“We couldn’t sleep all night, bombardment sounds never seem to pause. The nights are the worst,” one southerner told Breaking Defense.
Israel Defense Forces posted online today, "Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world."
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Hezbollah has been propped up by Iran all these years to be a threat on Israel's border in case of open conflict between Israel and Iran, but that relationship is not a two-way street, experts tell Breaking Defense.
It’s a first for Hezbollah to strike “this deep into Israel and do so using a guided system. This is a new level of escalation by Hezbollah we haven't seen before,” Fabian Hinz, a research fellow for Defence and Military Analysis at the International Institute for Strategic Studies told Breaking Defense.
Israel's increased bombardment of Lebanon has reached the point that it must be called "a full scale war," Wehbe Katicha, a retired Lebanese general officer, told Breaking Defense.
“The retaliation served a political purpose rather than an operational one,” Jean Loup Samaan, a senior research fellow at the Middle East Institute, told Breaking Defense.