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Source: https://asiatimes.com/2024/08/prepared-israel-gives-hezbollah-yet-another-beating/
Prepared Israel Gives Hizbullah Another Beating
(Asia Times-Hong Kong) Hussain Abdul-Hussain - After a series of impressive intelligence and military operations that culminated in taking out Hizbullah's top military chief Fuad Shukr, Israel on Sunday gave Hizbullah yet another beating by suppressing a major retaliation operation that the Iran-backed militia had planned from south Lebanon against the Jewish state. Israeli fighter jets simultaneously pounded dozens of Hizbullah rocket launchers that had moved into position to start the offensive, taking out most, but not all, of Hizbullah's attack assets. Israel's preemptive strike took out an estimated 1,500 missiles before they even launched. The amount of damage that Hizbullah inflicted on Israel has yet to be assessed, even though it is unlikely that it was significant. What we know so far is that Israel's intelligence and military prowess has beaten Hizbullah one more time. The inevitable war between the two should make Hizbullah reconsider its position by accepting a ceasefire with Israel, even without a ceasefire in Gaza. The writer is a research fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD).