"Israel argues that it has the right to conduct attacks in Lebanon it believes are necessary until Hezbollah fully disarms, even if a ceasefire is officially in place. And analysts say the attacks in Gaza since the latest ceasefire, which have so far killed at least 236 Palestinians and wounded another 600, are evidence that Israel is implementing a policy of Lebanonising Gaza officially ending the war, but using its far superior military strength to give it the right to conduct attacks whenever it wants"
"On Sunday, an air attack killed four people. A few days before that, last Friday, another Israeli strike killed a man on a motorbike. And on October 17 Israeli warplanes killed at least one person. None of these attacks were in Gaza where Israel has also spent the few weeks since a ceasefire began on October 10 conducting attacks, many of them far more deadly than those described above."
"They [Israelis] don't want to resolve the conflict, Rob Geist Pinfold, a scholar of international security at King's College London, told Al Jazeera. War is the new norm. Before Israel's war on Gaza began on October 7, 2023, groups like Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon were believed to have a degree of deterrence against Israeli aggression. Before October 7 [2023], there was the belief that Israel cannot have a long or prolonged war, Pinfold said."
Israel has continued to attack sites across Lebanon periodically despite a 2024 ceasefire with Hezbollah, carrying out nearly daily strikes. Similar behavior has repeated in Gaza since a ceasefire on October 10, with Israeli operations killing at least 236 Palestinians and wounding about 600. Recent strikes in Lebanon killed several people on October 10, 17 and other dates. Israel asserts a right to strike in Lebanon until Hezbollah fully disarms, even while a ceasefire remains in place. The pattern effectively allows an officially ended war to continue through intermittent military actions.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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