Is all-out struggle inevitable? The view from Israel and Lebanon

The relentless exchanges of fireside between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah of current days have stoked fears the longtime foes are transferring inexorably towards all-out struggle, regardless of worldwide appeals for restraint.

Officials and analysts in Jerusalem and Beirut advised reporters what the opposing sides hope to realize by ramping up their assaults and whether or not there’s any approach out.

Israeli officers insist they’ve been left with no alternative however to reply to Hezbollah after its near-daily rocket hearth emptied communities close to the border with Lebanon for nearly a 12 months.