'The events of the past days are extremely concerning,' the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon told Newsweek.
The United Nations Peacekeeping force deployed to the volatile border between Israel and Lebanon told Newsweek of troubling developments with the potential to open a new front for Israel as it contends with a sudden wide-scale assault launched over the weekend by Palestinian militant group Hamas.And though a larger conflict has yet to erupt, a worsening series of hostilities is already playing out at the disputed boundary.
Though Israel and Hezbollah have not fought a substantial conflict since 2006, flare-ups of border unrest have emerged over the years, including amid past outbreaks of Israeli-Palestinian violence. The latest rocket attacks from Lebanon came at a particularly volatile point for Israel as it reels from a surprise air, land and sea attack launched by the Palestinian Hamas movement on Saturday in an operation for which Hezbollah has expressed its support.
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