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Dr Andreas Krieg, Assistant Professor of Defence Studies at King's College London, told MailOnline: 'What's likely going to happen here is that Iran will have to do something because the red line was crossed.'They might give permission to use more ballistic missiles, more to attack more strategic targets in Israel, knowing that then the IDF will likely move into Lebanon.
'Obviously Hezbollah will have to respond. Iran will have to respond and, if they do, I think they will have to respond in kind, which means they will have to hit strategic targets.
'They need to get out of their modus operandi that they have been in for the last 12 months, which was below the threshold of war. This all out war is happening. This is all out war for Lebanon.'
'A big concern across the region is that this tit-for-tat has got out of control and all thresholds have been crossed. All lines have been crossed and so we are in this all out war situation now, and that's going to be very difficult to rein in.'
Such a 'seismic event' for regional politics is likely to have a 'major impact' on the 'Axis of Resistance beyond Hezbollah', forcing escalation with Israel, while trying to avoid overspilling into the Gulf.
| Period | 28 Sept 2024 |
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| Held at | Daily Mail, United Kingdom |
Keywords
- Israel
- Hezbollah
- Lebanon