The threat from Hezbollah is existential for Israel

Aug 1, 2024 by

by Daniel Ben-Ami, spiked:

The assassination of Fuad Shukr reminds us just how much Israel is up against.

The West should not forget that Israel is engaged in a battle for its very survival. Its existence is currently threatened by a formidable coalition of Iran-backed Islamist groups that frequently boast of their goal to destroy the Jewish State.

No wonder, then, that Israel has been forced to take drastic measures to defend itself since Hamas’s 7 October massacre. This includes various assassination attempts of high-profile Islamists – most recently of Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, and senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr this week. Earlier this month, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) also assassinated Mohammed Deif and Rafa Salama, two senior Hamas military commanders, in the Gaza strip.

Over the years, the IDF has killed many other senior terrorist leaders. All of these were representatives of organisations that time and again have called for Israel’s destruction. Hamas, in particular, has been targeted as a group that blatantly calls for – and acts out – the slaughter of Jews.

It would be a mistake, however, to see the past 10 months of conflict as being simply between Israel and Hamas. Over that period, Israel has been locked in a war with the self-styled ‘axis of resistance’. This includes Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen and Shia militias in Iraq. Together, backed by Iran, they have pursued a multi-front assault against Israel since October.

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