The Middle East's fateful moment

(JNS) — If people think the war in Gaza is intolerable, they should buckle up for what may now be coming.

This week, the north of Israel burned as fires caused by barrages of Hezbollah rockets from Lebanon consumed 3,460 acres of land. In addition, Hezbollah, which has been subjecting northern Israel to rocket and missile attacks for eight months, expanded its range as far south as Acre and Nahariya.

This escalation may mean that Israel, which has been carefully limiting its responses to Hezbollah’s aggression, now takes the gloves off and mounts a full-scale assault on Iran’s proxy army.

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