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10 June 2024

Israel-Hezbollah War a 'Matter of Time': Ex-Official

David Brennan

A "very destructive" war between Israel and the Iranian-aligned Hezbollah militia in Lebanon may prove inevitable, a former Israeli national security adviser has said, as cross-border fighting between the two sides intensifies and around 200,000 Israelis remain displaced from their homes in the north of the country.

Eyal Hulata—who served as the national security adviser to prime ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid—told a Jerusalem Press Club briefing on Wednesday that the situation along the northern border "is more volatile now than it was in recent weeks and months."

Skirmishes have been ongoing along the frontier since October 7, when Hamas launched a surprise infiltration attack into southern Israel—killing 1,100 people and abducting more than 250 others.

Hezbollah—along with Hamas a member of the Iranian-led political and military coalition known as the "Axis of Resistance"—began attacks on Israel in response to the country's subsequent offensive into the Gaza Strip, which to date has killed more than 36,000 Palestinians per data from the regional health ministry cited by The Associated Press.

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