The Lebanese Armed Forces began reporting activities designed to remove some of Hezbollah's terror infrastructure from southern Lebanon, such as the April 8 report about the LAF finding a launcher and two rockets in the Tyre area. Optimists interpret this as a turning point, fueled by Hezbollah’s major losses in the recent conflict with Israel and by the weakening of its regional patron, Iran, and the fall of its ally, the Assad regime in Syria. The increase of efforts by the Lebanese authorities to degrade Hezbollah will inevitably up the chances of a Lebanese civil war – one of the key reasons why such efforts were not made before the current war.
Author: BY SARIT ZEHAVI
Published at: 2025-05-07 22:25:30
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