Why is there a palpable fear of Hezbollah in Israel and America?
United Nations officials to relocate from North Gaza to southern areas within 24 hours as it prepares for a ground assault on Gaza which is likely to be extremely brutal. Yet, there is nervousness in Israel, the American military and the political elite over the risk of a trigger getting pulled on Israel's northern border with Lebanon — an attack by Hezbollah, the battle-hardened Lebanese terror group which is more organised and better-equipped than Hamas.
The fear of Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militia, is palpable as all eyes are watching it for any move to join Hamas against Israel.
If that happens, the Israel-Hamas war will widen and can explode into a bigger conflict with the potential of drawing in other countries, particularly Iran, into the war.
Hezbollah's reaction
Israel has deployed soldiers on its northern border, fearing attack from Hezbollah in Lebanon. Yesterday, at least three Hezbollah militants were killed as the Israeli military attacked sites in Lebanon in response to mortar fire.
Earlier, Hezbollah had fired a guided missile at an Israeli tank. and Israel bombed an observation post of Hezbollah.
The Israel Defense Forces late Thursday announced that a soldier was killed in an anti-tank guided missile attack on the Lebanon border a day earlier.
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Former US president Donald Trump commenting on the Hamas attack, during a speech to his supporters on Wednesday, referred to Hezbollah as “very smart", drawing criticism from both sides of the American political divide.
The US has deployed a carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean to deter Hezbollah from entering the war. “Let me be clear, we did not move the carrier for Hamas,” US national security adviser
