Washington DC (UPI) Jan 5, 2024 - Iran-backed Hezbollah, whose fighters have been battling Israeli forces along the Lebanese border since the Gaza war broke out in October, is not willing to go into a full-scale war with Israel, preferring to maintain the status quo of a gray-zone warfare, analysts said.
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 3, 2024 - Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel on Wednesday that launching a full-scale war on Lebanon would be very costly, and that the assassination of a senior Hamas leader in Beirut would not go unpunished.
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 2, 2024 - A senior Hamas leader and two companions were killed Tuesday in an Israeli drone strike in Beirut s southern suburb, the stronghold of Iran-backed Hezbollah, according to the militant Palestinian group.
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 27, 2023 - Israel-Hezbollah border clashes, which broke out with the raging Israel-Hamas war, were relatively contained, with new rules of engagement. But a full-scale war cannot be ruled out, Lebanese analysts told UPI.
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 18, 2023 - The Israel-Hamas war that entered its second week amid a flurry of diplomatic activity aimed at containing its escalation into large-scale regional combat, shows the ultimate failure and lack of willingness to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Lebanese and Palestinian experts told UPI.