Concerns rise of further escalation between Israel and Hezbollah

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The situation remains tense on the Lebanon-Israel border. Israel has been saying it is preparing for a wider conflict.

There is a lot of concern that the situation, which is still largely contained, could expand and widen into a much larger war.

What Hezbollah has been trying to do in recent weeks is to gradually unveil its new arsenal and show its capabilities. This is part of its strategy of deterrence. It is also part of a strategy to avoid an escalation of this war. Hezbollah says it doesn’t want a wider conflict, that it opened this front to help support Gaza, but that it is prepared in case of escalation.

Hezbollah’s secretary-general has boasted that they have a surplus of fighters, a surplus of weapons, and they too are manufacturing their own drones.

The US media has been quoting US officials as saying that they are concerned that the Iron Dome, the air defence missile system of the Israelis will be overwhelmed in the event of an escalation, and that heavier missiles and rockets will be able to breach the Iron Dome system in the north of Israel.