Israelis fear the Double Threat of Hezbollah and ISIS
These past couple of weeks have been quiet ones in Israel as Israelis celebrate the Jewish holidays. Over the weekend Tel Aviv – the city that never pauses – came to a complete stop for Yom Kippur. For 25 hours, not a car moved along Tel Aviv's streets, not a store or restaurant was open, and pollution levels dropped 99 percent.
Tomorrow night begins another holiday, the festival of Sukkot. Most Israelis were expecting to spend these weeks concerned about events in the south; about the possibility of Hamas resuming its fire from Gaza. However, that has turned out not to be a major concern – at least for the moment. While Hamas is in no condition to resume firing, suddenly Israelis are looking northward with concern instead.
Today two improvised explosive devices [IEDs] were placed on Israel’s border with Lebanon. One device exploded, wounding two Israeli soldiers; the other exploded without causing any harm. What was especially unusual about this incident was the fact that Hezbollah took official responsibility for planting the bombs. Israel retaliated by firing 30 artillery rounds at Hezbollah positions in Lebanon.
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