[News] Hezbollah forces nearly a quarter-million Israelis to evacuate

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Hezbollah forces nearly a quarter-million Israelis to evacuate: WSJ
Al Mayadeen English
December 30, 2023
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The Resistance continues its operations on a daily basis in support of Gaza
while the occupation entity is yet to find ways to stop the attacks and
their catastrophic effects.
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   - A Hezbollah flag flying the southern Lebanese town of Khiam, near the
   border with occupied Palestine on July 28, 2020. (*social media*)

The number of Israelis that evacuated northern occupied Palestine as a
result of Hezbollah's operations
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/dec-30--hezbollah-strikes-israeli-military-sites--confirms-d>
has exceeded a staggering 230,000 settlers, *The Wall Street Journal*
reported on Saturday.

Israeli media reported earlier this week that fears are mounting among
settlers in northern occupied Palestine as the Resistance in Lebanon
continues to carry out daily operations with no signs that it is deterred
by any actions the occupation army is taking.

*Read more: Hezbollah launched 30 missiles towards settlements: Israeli
reports
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-launched-30-missiles-towards-settlements--israeli>*
WSJ: Deterrence alone not enough

For more than 80 days, the northern settlements have been on edge:
anticipating an imminent war, the outlet reported. They dread the war
because they understand the tremendous risks that it holds, especially
after witnessing the Al-Aqsa Flood operation launched by the Palestinian
Resistance in Gaza.

On that note
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-launched-30-missiles-towards-settlements--israeli>,
*Channel 13* reported on Friday that Israelis in the North are
experiencing mental
breakdowns
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/anxiety-grips-northern-settlers--fear-al-jalil-ground-op--re>
as "the effects are not limited to the security situation but extend to the
psychological and economic situation as well."

According to *WSJ*, the October 7 operation has proven that deterrence
"alone wasn't enough," which also applies to the long-standing
understanding that the mutual destruction scenario has deterred a new war
between the occupation entity and Lebanese Hezbollah.
The deterrence is real

On the other hand, US President Joe Biden and his administration's top
officials have repeatedly warned "Israel" from expanding the war with
Hezbollah, citing fears that it will not be able to manage both fronts with
Lebanon and Gaza.

In an earlier report
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israelis-wanted--pre-emptive-strike--on-lebanon--did-biden-h>,
the journal reported that top military and security officials in the
occupation entity wanted to launch a "preemptive" strike against Lebanon
and Hezbollah, just days after the start of the Gaza Resistance operation.
However, Biden personally intervened to stop the US' closest ally from
taking this step out of fear of a regional war, who also found Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reluctant and sharing the same sentiment.

In the details, "Israel" announced then that it had "credible" intel that
Hezbollah was planning a similar cross-border attack.

Prominent US military and intelligence figures, including CIA Director
William Burns and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, gathered for a critical
meeting shortly thereafter to address the Israeli statements. Following the
meeting, Washington concluded that it would not support such a risky course
of action, as it did not align with its own intelligence.
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