Tzvi Joffre is a journalist and sometimes sofer based in central Israel. He worked for a number of years as a breaking news editor at The Jerusalem Post and is studying political science and Middle Eastern studies at Bar-Ilan University.
Close to a year after Hezbollah began launching drone and rocket attacks against northern Israel, the IDF launched a large-scale operation to restore security in the area Monday.
Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib warned that the country was bracing for a major retaliation by Hezbollah after the attack, stressing “this escalates this war.”
The attack was set to take place on or around the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 massacre, with the suspect, an ISIS supporter, saying that he wanted it to be “the largest attack on U.S. soil since 9/11.”
“A lot of work is still ahead of us, and we will be tested by actions, not words,” said Avi Bluth, the head of the IDF’s Central Command – which is responsible for the West Bank.
![[From left to right] Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Almog Sarusi, Eden Yerushalmi, Alexander Lobanov, Carmel Gat, and Ori Danino: the six hostages murdered by Hamas in Rafah.](https://b283bbfe.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/hostage-collage-768x512.jpg)
