Israel's Coming Northern War: A U.S.-Israel Strategy to Defeat Hezbollah

The pace of Hezbollah attacks nevertheless rose steadily through the end of 2023, leading the IDF to adopt intensified “rules of the game” targeting Hezbollah’s military strongholds, commanders, and operational and logistical links to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), Hamas, and other proxies throughout Lebanon and into Israel's Coming Northern War: A U. [...] And the more Hezbollah suffers at the hands of the IDF, the more likely it would threaten to ramp up the conflict and try to force Israel to halt operations. [...] and Israeli targets across the Middle East, their Russian and Chinese enablers will pause before capitalizing on the situation and ratcheting up their own aggression, allies around the world will see the value of defense cooperation with the United States, and the international community will find it harder to delegitimize and pressure Israel to end its operations and agree to a ceasefire favoring. [...] S.-led exercises to continue improving regional IAMD and build further on the experiences of April 13-14.50 In coordination with key Middle East partners, the United States also must proactively prepare to defend its own forces and assets in the region—both to dissuade Iran and other proxies from intervention and to reassure Arab partners uncertain of American commitments to the region. [...] S.-Israel interests in a short and decisive IDF campaign will align swiftly and completely the instant major conflict commences, and the extent and intensity of Iran-led intervention will diminish the more clearly and credibly it fears direct costs imposed by the United States.