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Asher Kaufman, Professor of History and Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame

Escalating Israel-Hezbollah clashes threaten to spark regional war and force US into conflict with Iran

A plane uses a fire retardant to extinguish a fire near the border between Israel and Lebanon. AP Photo/Leo Corre

Months of relentless exchanges between Israel and Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah have seen mass civilian evacuations and widespread death, injury and destruction.

The violence has worsened since early June, accompanied by increasingly heated rhetoric. Both sides have prevented the tit-for-tat attacks from escalating into a full-blown war, recognizing the likely catastrophic consequences. The question is whether this fragile containment can hold in the future.

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