We’ll see. I think they’d prefer to launch aerial strikes at them as long as possible before committing ground forces. Southern Lebanon is challenging terrain and Israel’s past experience with ground forces there has been disastrous. Now, civilian and troop morale is already suffering due to the protracted operation in Gaza and Hezbollah is much more capable now than they were in the 80s or 00s.
I think the pager attack was the start of Israel's invasion of Lebanon.
We’ll see. I think they’d prefer to launch aerial strikes at them as long as possible before committing ground forces. Southern Lebanon is challenging terrain and Israel’s past experience with ground forces there has been disastrous. Now, civilian and troop morale is already suffering due to the protracted operation in Gaza and Hezbollah is much more capable now than they were in the 80s or 00s.