"Escalating Tensions: Israel and Lebanon on the Brink of War"

The prospect of a full-scale war between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia looms as both sides prepare for a potential conflict, with Israel and Hezbollah exchanging daily cross-border strikes and escalating tensions. Despite neither side appearing to want war, a miscalculation could trigger a wider conflict that would be difficult to control. Both Hezbollah and the Israeli military have expanded capabilities since the 2006 war, but both countries are also more fragile. A full-scale war would likely spread to multiple fronts, escalating the involvement of Iranian proxies and potentially drawing in the U.S.