Maybe - just maybe - Israel's success at foiling Hezbollah’s retaliation might pave the way to concessions by Hamas in the negotiations over a hostage deal, given the failed bid to see the war expanded to engulf the entire region,
The current situation is not sustainable,
People are relieved, or are relieved a bit, because they took a breather after this attack,
There are still martyrs and body parts under the rubble, most of them women, men and elderly people who were sleeping
We came here... and now they want (us) to leave,
We have nowhere to go,
The exchange of fire alongside the Israeli-Lebanese border ... and the post-strike messages from both Israel and Hezbollah seemingly indicate neither is interested in an all-out war,
That's part of why their attack seemed smaller than what it was and our readiness in our aerial defense systems,
It’s possible that Iran asked and demanded Hezbollah to be restrained,
That's at least what the Israelis have been trying to say – we saw the Israeli delegation going to Cairo without considering that the ongoing escalation with Hezbollah could compromise the talks,
Both Israel and Hezbollah calibrated their operations very carefully to avoid an escalation or an evolution of the hostilities into a full-fledged Middle East war,
Neither Israel nor Hezbollah nor Iran, nor their various backers – the United States, Russia, Syria, France – want to see an escalation of the war,
That partly was presumably for Hezbollah to respond to stepped-up Israeli attacks, and to reassert its deterrence capabilities,
There were explosions in the area of Haifa,
They (the Americans) started saying there will be a stop to the aggression and that there was going to be a ceasefire, and to hold off. And that is why we took our time. We didn't tell anyone we would take our time but honestly we took our time to give room for these negotiations. Our main goal in this front and all this blood lost and all these sacrifices is to stop the aggression on Gaza,
Each party in the axis of resistance has the right to determine when and how to respond. After Hezbollah's response against Israel, Iran will also respond, and the Houthis,
The target should not be a civilian enemy or infrastructure,
We are striking Hezbollah with surprising, destructive force,
If the result is not enough, then we retain the right to respond another time.
The intent of Hezbollah was to target intelligence bases such as the Mossad headquarters