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Israel’s double-punch humiliation of Hezbollah is a dance on the edge of an abyss
Tactical daring keeps Netanyahu on the front foot but risks lurch into full-blown war
- Explosions linked to walkie-talkies kill at least 14 in fresh Lebanon attack
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The detonation of walkie-talkies around Lebanon a day after scores of pagers used by Hezbollah officials blew up is a one-two punch that drives home the extent of Israel’s penetration of its Shia foe’s defences across its northern border.
It represents utter humiliation for Hezbollah that its security can be so effortlessly breached twice, and be shown incapable of protecting its own people.
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