US, Iran guarantors of shaky deterrence between Israel and Hezbollah
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah is not ready to go to the mattresses over the killing of another senior commander on Wednesday, and Iran doesn't want a war while it favors the threat of confrontation as a deterrent.
Military tit-for-tat risky new normal on border
Hezbollah launched 100 rockets into Israel on Wednesday in retaliation for a strike that killed one of its senior commanders in Tyre, Lebanon.
The response may be more deterrence than escalation, although the lines have become dangerously blurred.
While Hezbollah believes it must show the will to fight — especially when Israel takes out one of its key commanders — it is also avoiding the tripwire for an all-out war.
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