Key Points
Hezbollah has been gearing up for the possibility of joining the fight ever since Hamas surprise assault on Oct. 7, 2023, killed nearly 1,400 people, leading to Israels declaration of war a day later..
Israel is evacuating residents of towns along the border with Lebanon as it prepares for a ground invasion of Gaza..
If a war between Hezbollah and Israel does erupt, the already significant violence and destruction in southern Israel and Gaza will likely be greatly compounded by further massive loss of life in Lebanon, Israel and perhaps in other parts of the Middle East...
The current caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, has cautioned against a war with Israel, as did Druze and Maronite political leaders, who have traditionally opposed Hezbollahs military hegemony in Lebanon...
Mikati acknowledged, however, that he holds no power to decide whether Lebanon will go to war, reflecting the paradoxes of the Lebanese political system in which the most crucial decision any national leadership could make the decision to launch a war does not rest within the government but within Hezbollah and by extension within Iran...
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