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Why Hezbollah and Israel haven't plunged into all-out war

Benjamin Netanyahu

Hassan Nasrallah

Najib Mikati

Yair Lapid

Mark Regev

Antony Blinken

Lloyd Austin

Yoav Gallant

Israel Katz

Benny Gantz

Amal Saad

Jonathan Conricus

Amos Harel

Herzi Halevi

Steven A. Cook

Csis

Hilal Khashan

Matthew Miller

National Security Council

Bilal Saab

Bashir Saade

Mona Yacoubian

Maha Yahya

Aaron David Miller

Tal Beeri

Oren Marmorstein

Danny Citrinowicz

Mairav Zonszein

Nicholas Blanford

Imad Salamey

Omar Baddar

Mojtaba Amani

Randa Slim

Masoud Pezeshkian

Amos Hochstein

Mohammad Afif

Amir Avivi

Naim Qassem

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf

Jeffrey Feltman

Salman Zarka

Avraham Levine

"It is in no ones interest — not Israel's, not the region's, not the world's — for this conflict to spread beyond Gaza."

Hezbollah has signalled it "is willing to go all the way" toward a final border settlement if there's a Gaza cease-fire.

"I am doing my duty to prevent Lebanon from entering the war."

"We were not interested in a conflict. But if Hezbollah does start one, it will finish on Israel's terms."

"I don't know when the war in the north [will happen]. I can tell you that the likelihood of it happening in the coming months is much higher than it was in the past."

"The situation on Israel's northern border demands change... [t]he stopwatch for a diplomatic solution is running out."

"We are shifting from being passive to actively pursuing Hezbollah."

"Netanyahu clearly wants war [with Hezbollah]."

"It is likely that there is going to be a war between Hezbollah and Israel within the next six to eight months."

Will There Be an Israel-Hezbollah War?

A missile attack on a soccer field in the Golan Heights on Saturday killed at least 12 children and teens, raising worries about a widened regional conflict. Israel and the US blamed Hezbollah for the strike, prompting the US to talk to Israel and Lebanon to deescalate the situation.

ABC News

Israeli Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari stated that Saturday's attack was the most severe against Israel since Hamas' attack on October 7. Saturday's attack left twenty others injured. In response, the Israeli military launched attacks on Hezbollah targets "deep inside Lebanese territory."

Hezbollah said it had fired rockets against Israeli military installations in the Golan Heights but denied involvement in the soccer field attack. Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib stated in an interview with the BBC that the incident could be a mistake by either the Israelis or Hezbollah and urged both sides to show restraint.

Guardian

During a Sunday visit to the Majdal Shams soccer field, Chief of the General Staff Herzi Halevi said Israel knew the missile's launch location and had studied the rocket parts, proving it was a 53-kilo Hezbollah Falaq rocket. He said "Anyone who fires such a rocket into a populated area aims to kill civilians, to kill children."

The Jerusalem Post

The United Nations denounced the deliberate attack on civilians and advocated for their safeguarding under all circumstances. Following the 1967 war, Israel occupied the Golan Heights and despite the condemneation by the UN Security Council annexed them in 1981. The world still view the Golan Heights as part of Syrian territory.

Al Jazeera

In Lebanon, people fear that Israeli reprisals will be severe. France, Norway, Saudi Arabia, and Sweden have urged their citizens to leave Lebanon immediately. Sources report that Hezbollah has evacuated strategic locations in southern Lebanon and the eastern Bekaa Valley, expecting an imminent attack. 

Unlike Israel, Hezbollah does not target civilians. Hezbollah only hits Israeli military targets in the occupied Golan Heights. What struck the football pitch on Saturday was most likely an Israeli anti-rocket interceptor projectile. Clearly, Israel is trying to deflect attention from the over 39K Palestinians murdered in the Gaza Strip.

Will attack on occupied Golan Heights push Israel, Hezbollah towards war?

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West urges restraint as Israel mulls response to Hezbollah attack in Golan

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