Israel is attempting a risky strategy, increasing the intensity of its attacks in an attempt to force Hezbollah to back down, while raising the chances of an aggressive response that devolves into a land war.

A strategy shift includes escalating attacks aimed at forcing the militant group from the Lebanon-Israel border.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Thursday that Israel’s deadly pager and hand-held radio attacks that targeted his fighters across Lebanon amounted to a “declaration of

Israel has claimed the death of a senior Hezbollah military official after a rare Israeli airstrike in Beirut killed at least 31 people and wounded dozens more, shortly after Hezbollah pounded norther

The militant group said 16 of its members were killed in Friday’s attack in Beirut, which Lebanon’s health minister said left a total of 37 people dead.