Israel and Hezbollah have good reason to avoid war – but it remains possible
by Julian Borger in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#6Q7PV)
Neither side seems prepared for realities of land warfare, but a small mistake may have deadly consequences
If Israel and Hezbollah wanted an all-out war it would have happened a long time ago. Each side would welcome the destruction of the other, but the time has not been right so far for either of them to plunge into a full-scale conflict.
The intense exchange of hostilities across the Israel-Lebanese border on Sunday morning once more took the parties to brink of such a war, but once again they paused and pulled back.
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