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Israel's Karish Gas Field
(Washington Institute for Near East Policy) Simon Henderson - Before the end of the month, Israel is scheduled to begin production at the Karish natural gas field off its northern coast, prompting threats from Hizbullah. Karish is much smaller than Israel's current producing fields, Leviathan and Tamar, but it has generated attention because it lies close to the disputed dividing line between Lebanon and Israel's exclusive economic zones. Unlike the production apparatus for Leviathan and Tamar, which are hidden beneath the waves and connected by long pipelines to processing platforms near the shore, Karish is tethered to a production and storage vessel floating just above the field, which offers a tempting target to Hizbullah, which flew three drones toward the vessel on July 2 (which Israel shot down). The writer is director of the Program on Gulf and Energy Policy at The Washington Institute.