Israel Has a New Operational Freedom After Crippling Hezbollah
- Some say Israel now has scope to attack Iran’s nuclear program
- Others say strength is threatened by ongoing militia fighting
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For years, Israelis were told that in the next war with Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia would fire thousands of rockets and missiles a day, overwhelming their air defenses, causing blackouts, death and destruction.
Yet three months after Israel turned its military to the north, Hezbollah is firing barely 100 on the most intense days and appears vastly degraded as a military threat, driving it to accept US-brokered negotiations for a cease-fire unrelated to the war in Gaza.