Both sides stepped back from the brink this weekend after around 100 Israeli jets pre-emptively struck Hezbollah launch sites and the militant group fired hundreds of missiles at Israel this weekend
Both Hezbollah and Israel seemed content to let Sunday’s attack, in retaliation for the killing of a senior Hezbollah commander in Beirut last month, count as settled for the moment.
“The current situation is not sustainable,” he told a briefing, referring to the tens of thousands evacuated from their homes in northern Israel, a situation mirrored on the other side of the border in southern Lebanon. “Israel will do its duty and return its population to our sovereign territory.” However there was some optimism that the exchange of fire, which did not cause the kind of extensive damage many in Israel had feared, might help talks aimed at halting the fighting in Gaza and bringing Israeli and foreign hostages home.
“Maybe – just maybe – Israel’s success at foiling Hezbollah’s retaliation might pave the way to concessions by Hamas in the negotiations over a hostage deal, given the failed bid to see the war expanded to engulf the entire region,” wrote Avi Issacharoff, a commentator in Israel’s biggest-selling daily Yedioth Ahronoth.
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