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July 31, 2024

Restraint Is Something Forever Enjoined on Israel but Seldom Her Enemies

The world’s moral arbiters shrug at Hizballah’s crimes.

Yesterday, Hamas followed up on Saturday’s soccer-field slaughter with another deadly missile attack, which killed an Israeli civilian. The same day, Israel retaliated with an airstrike on Beirut’s Dahiyeh neighborhood—a major Hizballah stronghold—possibly eliminating one of the group’s most senior commanders. The IDF has been routinely attacking military targets in Lebanon since the Iranian proxy initiated a low-intensity war on October 8, but so far has avoided striking Beirut.

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