Tensions between the Israeli army and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah are at an unprecedented level.
They have been engaged in low-intensity hostilities for more than eight months.
Israel’s assassination of one of Hezbollah’s top commanders last week, however, led to an escalation.
US President Joe Biden has sent a special envoy to the region, hoping to defuse tensions and prevent wider conflict.
But did it work?
And with no sign that the Israeli military is about to end its war on Gaza, is it about to open a second front in the north?
Presenter: Neave Barker
Guests:
Nicholas Noe – Editor-in-chief of Mideastwire.com, based in Beirut
Robert Geist Pinfold – Senior Lecturer in Peace and Security at Durham University
Mohanad Hage Ali – Deputy Research Director at the Malcolm H Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
