Hezbollah and Israel 'are trying to avoid full-blown war’: Analysis

Israeli forces say they've launched pre-emptive strikes on Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon after accusing the armed group of preparing to launch an extensive attack.
A 48-hour state of emergency has been imposed across Israel.

Hezbollah says it began the attack on Israel with large number of drones in response for its top military commander Fuad Shukr's assassination in Beirut last month.

Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr is monitoring the latest developments from Beirut.

Sami Nader is a Middle East Analyst and is the director of the Levant Institute for Strategic Affairs says that Israel’s strikes have “the potential to draw the whole region into the full-blown war”

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[jrt]

Oh come on Israel wants Southern Lebanon, Gaza and the Golan Heights.

[PaulinAsia_]

In my opinion it is not a pre-emptive strike and Israel is not trying to avoid a full-blown war. They are trying to goad Hezbollah into a serious response so they can do to Lebanon, what they are doing to Gaza

[RachmaHidayati-sl]

*stay strong & safe people in Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, Mali, Ukraine, Georgia, West Sahara, Kosovo. 🎉❤*

[louiethesquid]

It's not Northern Israel, it's Northern Palestine. Get it right.

[ChrisAlbertH]

The idea that Izrael is trying to avoid a war is amusing.

[markhill]

Hagari? Isn't that the guy who pointed at the calendar and said it was some kinda troop roster :)

[nikkster]

no they arent NutHoo has spent the last 6 months trying to start a war because daddy JoJo will fund arm and prosecute it for him getting sick of these "poor us we the victim" strikes when they are the ones beginning everything and then claiming "defense"
are 1 million people supposed to die or suffer because of this psychopath

[larrryp]

Mossad knows Hezbollahs next move every time their plan to launch 6000 rockets fizzled out Israel sent 100 fighter jets at one time!!

[mahlialone]

Why is Hezbollah announcing its attacks while Israel retains element of surprise?

[sarahberlot]

We know what "precise strikes" from israel means. Just look at gaza!!

[petermai]

Israel seems to avoid a war as long as it can keep the stolen land from the Palestinian and the Syrian Golan Heights.

[sws-vlogs]

Idf *Jews* must be held Accountable by International Laws for their Crimes

[Tom-yyxj]

Lebanon should take care of the people in Lebanon

[SmellyPajeet]

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Portugal 🇵🇹 support Israel 🇮🇱

Respect to Indonesia 🇮🇩
Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[astronomicaljourney]

If militias were able to destroy the bases, intelligence centers, naval targets, and air bases of an army considered the strongest, you can truly conclude that this army is living on a ventilator.

[AsenaT]

CApitaLs have been targeted,
-BEIRUT /LEBANON
-TAHRAN/ IRAN
They are sitting for 1 month.

[zulkiflechehassan]

Hezbollah has dismissed as “baseless” Israel’s claims of preemptive action against the Lebanese resistance movement, saying that Israeli forces failed to intercept and shoot down the drones launched by resistance fighters.

[jouhainahuss]

We are seeing things we haven’t never seen before. Israel is loosing.

Once about a time Israel was untouchable, lately it’s been touched, exposed for hidden atrocities, racism & more. As for surrounding countries. They have always been vulnerable, worsening every decade since the Occupation of Falastine. That’s their norm, maybe hopefully the tables are turning. Maybe hopefully justice is finding its way back. As always justice prevails over all evil.

[astronomicaljourney]

After most of Israel's bases in the north were destroyed and Mossad centers were attacked, do the Israelis now feel satisfied with Netanyahu's actions? What were they expecting?

[wb]

Maybe the hot weather in the middle east makes these guys so hysterical.