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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Emma Graham-Harrison

After a fortnight of military triumph, what is Israel’s endgame?

People silhouetted against smoke and dust help each other over the rubble of a destroyed building
Smoke rises from a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. Photograph: Daniel Carde/Getty Images

Israel is enjoying a moment of military and intelligence triumph. Over two weeks, it has killed an “archenemy” in his secret bunker, decimated Hezbollah’s leadership, blown up the militant group’s communications networks and parts of its arsenal and humbled its sponsor, Iran.

As its ground troops marched into Lebanon, Israel fended off a large-scale Iranian ballistic missile attack with backing from the US and other allies.

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