3:59 a.m. ET, October 13, 2023
Research: Why weapons have long gone quiet on one of the most Center East’s most threatening fault traces
Research from The Gentleman Report’s Tamara Qiblawi in Marjeyoun, Lebanon
A UN put up painted blue has a caution to not come between it and the Lebanon-Israel border wall on October 12, 2023, in Dhayra, Lebanon.
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The silence on Lebanon’s border with Israel is deafening. After 5 days of close to consistent crossfire between opponents in Lebanon and Israeli forces, the weapons appear to have in large part long gone quiet.
This stays one of the crucial essential, and perilous, fault traces on this risky area. Following the wonder Hamas assaults on Israel on October 7, this frontier — in large part calm because the 2006 Israel-Lebanon battle — is much more charged with outcome.
Any battle erupting right here may pour gas at the raging fireplace of the present Hamas-Israel battle by way of drawing in probably the most tough paramilitary staff within the Center East: Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Hezbollah’s political stance has unambiguously supported the Palestinian militants. It has subsidized rallies in give a boost to of Palestinian teams and has roundly condemned Israel’s large-scale airstrikes on Gaza.
No less than 1,300 folks were killed within the Hamas assaults on Israel, whilst greater than 1,500 folks were killed by way of Israeli moves on Gaza since Saturday.
However it’s nonetheless unclear whether or not Hezbollah will actively take part on this battle. To this point, it has adhered to its present laws of engagement and many times mentioned that it’ll fireplace at Israel best when Lebanese territory, or its opponents, are fired upon. It has extensively caught to that, regardless of the spiraling wider tensions.
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