The cross-border exchange of fire was the largest since the 2006 war between Israel and Lebanon, in which hundreds died on both sides, and marks a rare and concerning escalation, according to analysts KieronMonks reports:
in Gaza fired rockets into Israel and at Israeli jets as they attacked. Two Israeli women were killed and a third is in critical condition after a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank on Friday.
“I don’t think either side wants to escalate too much but they try to make a point,” says Dr Yossi Mekelberg, a Middle East specialist at think tank Chatham House. “The problem with escalation is that when it starts you never know where it ends.” While Israel and Lebanon have established “rules of engagement” that are understood on both sides, such as attacks on the other’s territory receiving a response in kind, Hezbollah is changing the terms by responding indirectly to Israeli police storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, Dr Saad believes.
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