With organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah, that are political organizations but also undertake terror activities, it’s hard to kill an idea. But there are ways to make an idea less relevant, less potent.
Join former Lebanese journalist Hanin Ghaddar, Middle East analyst Aaron David Miller and Robert Siegel, for a conversation about the Israel-Hamas war, including Israel’s northern border and the continued threat from Hezbollah and Iran.
After ten months of clashes between Israel and Hezbollah, in which Israel has killed hundreds of Hezbollah militants and numerous senior Hezbollah commanders, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the IDF’s response to Saturday’s attack “will come and it will be severe.”
Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was kidnapped in Iraq several months ago, is being held by Kataib Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Shiite militia in Iraq, Israel’s government confirmed on July 5. A doctoral student at Princeton University, Tsurkov has been held by the insurgent group since March.
The touchy swap between Hezbollah and Israel of prisoners and the remains of soldiers captured in 2006 was completed today with the assistance of the...