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A report in the Wall Street Journal said that just before the attack, Shukr received a message asking him to go to his seventh floor apartment, where he was easier to hit.<\/p>\n
Hezbollah furiously denied the report, but as yesterday\u2019s dramatic events proved, Hezbollah\u2019s networks \u2013 their supply chains and communications \u2013 appear to be badly compromised.<\/p>\n
The Iranian-backed group is, of course, doing its utmost to fight back, firing rockets across Israel\u2019s northern border and, occasionally, trying its own covert operations.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday morning, Israel said it had foiled an attempt to assassinate a former Israeli security official using a remotely-activated explosive device.<\/p>\n
Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate for Tuesday’s mass attack. Given the physical mutilation wrought on huge numbers of its members and the militia\u2019s urgent need to identify and deal with this catastrophic security breach, revenge may have to wait \u2013 but it is surely bound to come.<\/p>\n
Which brings us to a fundamental question: what, if anything, has really changed? Israel\u2019s war with Hezbollah, overt and covert, goes on.<\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s newly declared war aim \u2013 bringing displaced citizens back to evacuated communities along the northern border \u2013 has not been advanced.<\/p>\n
Despite a lot of heated speculation here in Israel, the military does not appear to be poised to invade southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n
That may eventually happen. Israelis are thoroughly fed up with almost a year of insecurity in the north.<\/p>\n
But Israel is still fighting in Gaza – the death of four more soldiers was announced on Tuesday – and the prospect of another major ground operation is not universally welcome.<\/p>\n
An opinion poll by Channel 13 News found that 52% of Israelis favoured a \u201cbroad scale war in Lebanon,\u201d with 30% against and 18% undecided.<\/p>\n
For all Israel\u2019s displays of tactical ingenuity, when it comes to dealing with Hezbollah, it\u2019s hard to see exactly where this simmering conflict is heading next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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