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“I do believe that Hezbollah is interested in a war and it is doing everything it can to drive Israel into a war,”
Odds of Israel-Hezbollah war ‘inevitable,’ experts fear: ‘Totally pessimistic’ Hezbollah is ready and deployed to carry out the next

The Northern Arena and the Shiite Axis: Weekly Review of Events and Key Data (February 12 to February 18, 2024)
Key insights: We doubt the reports indicating that Iran is exerting pressure on Hezbollah in order to prevent an

The Iranian Precision Weapon Vision Expands to Hezbollah’s Short-Range Rockets
By: Yair Ramati, Yaakov Lappin, and Tal Beeri Since the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, began to share his

Daring Rescue In Rafah: How Two Freed Hostages Foreshadow What’s Next In The War?
By Sarit Zehavi and Yaakov Lappin. The IDF-Shin Bet rescue operation to extract two Israeli hostages, Fernando Marman and

The Lebanese Army – Commander of the Army and Chief of Staff – Job Definitions and Authority
The commander of the Lebanese army is appointed from a group of senior commanders in the general staff of

The Northern Arena and the Shiite Axis: Weekly Update (February 5 to February 11, 2024)
Key insights: Ibrahim Amin al-Sayyid, head of the Political Council (February 11), said: “It is possible that we have

The Assassination of Watsam Muhammad Saber (“Abu Bakr”) al-Saadi
In the assassination yesterday (February 7th) in Baghdad, a senior member of the Kataib Hezbollah militia, Watsam Muhammad Saber

An Airstrike in The Nabatieh City – February 8, 2024
February 8, in the afternoon, an airstrike was carried out in the city of Nabatieh, in the neighborhood of

Five Amal Operatives killed in Lebanon
In the last three days, five operatives of the Amal movement have been killed. They join another fellow operative

The Uncertain Fate Of Israel’s Northern Population
After 120 days of fighting in the north, the IDF spokesman, Hagari, presented at length the IDF’s policy and

An Air Strike in Homs (Northwest Syria) – February 6, 2024
On the night of February 6, an air strike was carried out in Homs (northwest Syria). According to photos

The Northern Arena and the Shiite Axis: Weekly Update (January 28 to February 4, 2024)
Main points: Insights/Key Points: Hezbollah has no real intention of withdrawing from the border, and Lebanese governmental authorities do not