While Israel seemed to be largely concerned by events in Syria, where enemies such as Iran, the Islamic State and Hezbollah have been operating with the civil war as a backdrop, it turns out that the Lebanese border has also been a hub of activity, mostly hidden from view. Earlier this month Israel mounted an ambitious engineering project, dubbed “Operation Northern Shield”, to expose and destroy cross-border attack tunnels dug by Hezbollah.
Panel:
- Jonathan Hessen, host.
- Amir Oren, analyst.
- Prof. Zeev Hanin, Expert on Russian and Middle Eastern Studies, Bar Ilan and Ariel Universities.
- Dr. Fadi Ismail, Research Fellow Institute for Counter Terrorism at IDC Herzliya.

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• Published: December 11, 2018
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