Despite a ceasefire in Lebanon and Israeli and US-led Coalition strikes on the Houthis in Yemen, both groups appear undeterred from further attacks.
The situations are different. The Houthis are far away from Israel and use ballistic missiles and drones to threaten Israel. Hezbollah suffered a drubbing in a two month war from September 23 to November 27, but they are saying that at the end of the 60-day ceasefire that began in late November, they could return to fighting.
This illustrates how Israel continues to suffer threats from multiple fronts. On the positive side, it appears the Iraqi militias which are backed by Iran have toned down their threats for now. The Syrian regime has fallen and that means that Iran has trouble basing its forces in Syria. However, Hamas continues to fire rockets at Israel and the West Bank could boil over with threat (Read More)
