CROSSING RED LINES
Will Israel Go to War in Lebanon? Saturday’s Attack and What Might Come Next, Explained: Ben Sales, JTA, July 29, 2024 — On Saturday, a conflict that has been heating up for 10 months neared the verge of exploding into all-out war when a suspected Hezbollah missile killed 12 children and teens on a soccer field in Israel.
WATCH: After the Massacre of Israeli Children by Hezbollah: Possible Scenarios for Israel: Adi Kantor, Chuck Freilich, and Orna Mizrahi, INSS, July 29, 2024 — On Saturday, July 27th, Hezbollah fired a missile that killed 12 innocent Israeli children of the Druze community and injured more than 30 others while they were playing during the afternoon hours in a local soccer field in the town of Majdal Shams.
WATCH: The Majdal Shams Massacre and Its Implications: Lt.-Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, July 29, 2024 — Lt.-Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch served as Director of the Military Prosecution for Judea and Samaria. Since retiring from the IDF, Hirsch worked as the Head of Legal Strategies for Palestinian Media Watch, as a Senior Military Consultant for NGO Monitor, an advisor to the Ministry of Defense, and head of an advisory committee in the Ministry of Interior.
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War in the North, the Defense Budget, and Strategy: Brig. Gen. (res.) Eran Ortal, BESA, July 21, 2024
Israel is Spying on Hezbollah Commanders — and Killing Them One by One: Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, July 26, 2024
The Children of Majdal Shams Deserve Our Tears, Not Qualifiers: Nathan J. Minsberg, Israel Hayom, July 28, 2024
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Weakness Won’t Deter Hezbollah After Its Soccer-Field Attack: Editorial Board, WSJ, July 28, 2024 — Hezbollah’s rocket attack on Saturday killed 12 children and wounded more on a soccer field in Israel’s Golan Heights.
This is How Erdogan Intervenes in Middle Eastern Conflicts: Shachar Kleiman, Israel Hayom, July 29, 2024 — In an unusual statement, the Turkish president boasted that he could invade Israel. At a party conference, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: “We must be strong so that Israel cannot attack Palestine.
Michael Oren: Hezbollah A ‘Strategic Threat,’ Hamas A ‘Tactical’ One: Andrew Bernard, JNS, July 28, 2024 — Some 80,000 Israelis have been displaced from northern Israel since Oct. 7, their towns and villages declared as military no-go zones under constant threat from Hezbollah.
Biased Media Coverage of Hezbollah Rocket Killing Children Is as Bad as It Gets: Daniel Greenberg, World Israel News, July 28, 2024 — The media routinely plays up civilian casualties in any Israeli air strike. But as the headlines show the game is played very differently when Islamic terrorist attacks kill children.