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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Archie Bland

Wednesday briefing: How likely is all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah?

Lebanese villagers pass a building in Kfar Kila destroyed by Israeli shelling, April 2024.
Lebanese villagers pass a building in Kfar Kila destroyed by Israeli shelling, April 2024. Photograph: Mohammad Zaatari/AP

Good morning. “Nobody wants a war – not Israel, not Hezbollah, not Iran,” military historian Prof Danny Orbach told the Guardian last week. “But it’s very difficult to see how you can solve the situation without one.”

That is the frightening ratchet that has been operating on the border between Lebanon and Israel since the 7 October attacks, where Israel is engaged in tit-for-tat strikes with Hezbollah that have left hundreds of people dead and 150,000 displaced.

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