Don’t mistake Hezbollah’s restraint for weakness

Don’t mistake Hezbollah’s restraint for weakness “Hezbollah’s restraint so far, I believe, is predicated on their belief that Hamas is holding its own with respect to the Israeli military invasion of the Gaza Strip, that Hamas is not in desperate straits of losing on the ground militarily... If you dig into it, the Hezbollah attacks along the northern border of Israel has led Israel to evacuate at least 1 million people out of various kibbutz and settlements. At the same time, Hezbollah has been effectively hitting Israeli military targets. So Hezbollah’s sent a pretty clear message that, you know, they have a capacity to genuinely hurt Israel,“ Larry Johnson, retired CIA analyst, told Sputnik. Watch the full episode of our show on Rumble Listen to more of McGovern’s analysis in our podcast New Rules Источник: Sputnik International