Unfolding Next Chapter of the Israel – Hezbollah War

Back to the Future?

The events in the levant since October 7, 2023, are redefining the status quo tension between Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran. Israel has now shifted from operations in Gaza to the north and a focus on Hezbollah. The death last week of Hassan Nasrallah and other Hezbollah senior leaders on the heels of the preceding dramatic pager and walkie-talkie attacks has left Hezbollah and Tehran off balance as they consider their next steps. IDF Chief of Staff General Herzi Halevi’s warning in the wake of the strike that killed Nasrallah, “This is not the end of our toolbox. The message is simple, anyone who threatens the citizens of Israel - we will know how to reach them”. With the start of the IDF’s limited ground assault into southern Lebanon, the conflict has entered a new and dangerous phase.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel’s goal of returning 60,000 Israeli citizens to their homes in northern Israel who have been displaced for nearly a year as a consequence…