There is no doubt Hezbollah was behind the attack in Mount Dov, near the Shebaa Farms, on Tuesday. The location is important, as we will later see. The choice of a series of explosives detonated from afar has the organization’s fingerprints all over it.

The objectives behind the attack are also crystal clear: A combination between “exacting revenge,” an effort to show the Lebanese citizens that Hezbollah is indeed still the “defender of Lebanon,” and a statement made to solidify Hezbollah and the Lebanese government’s claims that the Shebaa Farms are sovereign Lebanese territory, even though it wasn’t recognized as such by the UN, which is why Israel did not withdraw from the area in May 2000 when it pulled out of southern Lebanon.

Even before it claimed responsibility, it was obvious Hezbollah carried out the attack. This area, that Hezbollah constantly charged is Lebanese territory occupied by Israel, is where, two days ago, an IDF force exchanged fire with armed Lebanese men, probably Lebanese Army soldiers who penetrated Israeli territory. This is also where Hezbollah kidnapped Israeli soldiers in 2000.

The tools chosen for the attack – scattered explosives that are remote-controlled by well-hidden Hezbollah men who overlook the scene of the attack – is also typical of the organization, which gained extensive experience fighting in the Syria civil war.

Still, it is important to note the remote-controlled explosive device did not inflict any losses on the IDF and even the injuries caused – shrapnel to the hand of one soldier and to the leg of another – were very mild. This was probably intentional, as Hezbollah has no interest in escalating the situation on the frontier.

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