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Leon Goldsmith: On Israel and Hezbollah signalling an escalation in hostilities
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- Duração: 0:04:22
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Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged fire - signalling an escalation in hostilities. Israel says it pre-emptively destroyed thousands of rocket launchers across Southern Lebanon. Meanwhile, Hezbollah says it fired 320 rockets and drones at Israel - in the first phase of a retaliatory attack for the killing of its leaders. Otago University Middle East expert Leon Goldsmith told Ryan Bridge Hezbollah had wanted to wait until a ceasefire was reached in Gaza before acting. He says the group had been under a lot of pressure to do something over the assassinations. He says they called the operation Arbaeen which is Arabic for 40 days. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.