Applying a military solution to what are political problems has dragged Israel, step by step, into its present situation. After a year of comprehensively destroying Gaza, its military using overwhelming force to suppress Hamas fighters, Israel is exhausted and increasingly isolated. The excessive violence wrought on a civilian Palestinian population, held captive in its own enclave, has weakened support for Israel, despite resolute backing from the United States.
Instead of brokering a ceasefire to the Gaza onslaught, the root cause of the violence and rocket and missile barrages both on Israel and international shipping passing through the Red Sea has prompted Israel to embark on yet another military offensive, this time in southern Lebanon against Hezbollah. The potential quagmire of a war with Hezbollah will drain Israel's economy and its military.
Israel has bought into the concept of war on multiple fronts, with its armed forces training for such an eventuality. But the nature of this conflict is different. A Hezbollah paramedic walks among the debris after an Israeli air strike hit an apartment in a multi-storey building in central Beirut, Lebanon. All Hezbollah has to do is survive for the group to claim victory, and while Gaza is ongoing, Israeli troops in Lebanon will continue to face attacks.
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