A state of anxiety has been witnessing the Lebanese-Israeli border for days, particularly after the killing of a Hezbollah member in an Israeli attack on the outskirts of Damascus International Airport on July 22.
The level of tension escalated in the wake of the Israeli artillery shelling of Lebanese border areas on Monday, in response to what Tel Aviv described as an infiltration operation in Mount Ross in the occupied Shebaa Farms area.
These developments were accompanied by a high level of threats by Israel to respond to any attack targeting it, in exchange for Hezbollah's assertion that its response to the killing of one of its members in Syria was inevitable.
On the direction that events can follow following the recent developments, strategic expert Khaled Hamadeh told Al-Jazeera Net that the Israeli bombing on Lebanese soil indicates the determination of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deal seriously with any threat to Israel.
Hamada considered that what happened recently in the south indicates the presence of some security action on the part of Hezbollah and perhaps the Israelis revealed it early, and he saw that the two sides do not seek war, but Netanyahu wants to show his strength as he cannot tolerate any new slap added to his problems he suffers from inside.
He said that the situation of Hezbollah in the Lebanese interior is also confusing as a result of the great crises that beset Lebanon, especially economic problems, and that some Lebanese hold the party part of the responsibility for this crisis.
The strategist expressed his belief that Hezbollah's response from Syria would be to spare Lebanon any possible repercussions, stressing that Hezbollah will not attack from the area of work of the UNIFIL forces due to the approach of discussing the renewal of them in the UN Security Council.
Hezbollah's response:
Commenting on the Israeli bombing of border towns, the journalist, Wassef Awada, said that Israel may have carried out a play, considering that this scenario failed because Hezbollah denied that it had carried out any attack.
Awada added to Al-Jazeera Net that there was a second possibility that Hezbollah had deceived the Israelis in a certain way, which indicated to them that there was a cell that crossed the border.
He expressed his belief that the response of Hezbollah is coming, indicating that this response will be local through the Lebanese borders or in the occupied Shebaa Farms, pointing out that it will be balanced so that it does not lead to an all-out war in the region.
The journalist ruled out the possibility of attacking Hezbollah from Syria because Damascus’s decision so far is to avoid a war with Israel, stressing that Tel Aviv and Hezbollah do not want a war at this delicate stage in the history of the region and also in Lebanon, which is witnessing various crises.
Lebanon condemns
In response to the Israeli bombing of southern areas, the Lebanese government decided to file a complaint with the UN Security Council against Israel, and the Lebanese government expressed its condemnation of the Israeli attacks, considering that it targeted Lebanon's sovereignty.
The journalist writer, Amin Qamuriya, said that the tension prevailing on the border is due to the equation that has existed since 2006, and that is Hezbollah’s response to any Israeli targeting.
Qamuriya said in his interview with Al-Jazeera Net that Netanyahu is concerned with the tension of the situation, but he is not concerned with the escalation, stressing that no one in the region has the desire to be drawn behind the war.
He explained that the war between the conflicting parties in the region takes various forms such as cyber war, political pressures and economic sanctions, considering that it is not necessarily going to an open war.
Qamuriyah has ruled out signs of escalation until now, but he questioned the Israelis' intention to take matters in escalating directions.
Meanwhile, eyes remain south in light of the constant exchange of threats between Israel and Hezbollah, at a time when tensions are increasing in the region, especially between the United States and Iran, which increases the tension.