Matt Bradley is a London-based foreign correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC.
TYRE, Lebanon — It remains in the shadow of the violence that exploded between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip late last week, but the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is nonetheless a menacing presence on Israel’s northern border, raising fears that a new front could open in the conflict. Within hours of Hamas’ brazen and bloody attack on Saturday, Hezbollah fired guided rockets and artillery at a disputed, Israeli-occupied area along Lebanon’s southern border.
For now though, experts say the group may view its presence on Israel’s northern border as a deterrent to a full-scale invasion of the Gaza Strip by Israel, or it may be holding itself in reserve. Hezbollah may, in part, be trying to “confuse' Israel, Marwa Osman, a lecturer at the Lebanese International University. “The game changer would be the use of massive force or the arrival of U.S. forces and equipment to the Palestinian occupied territories,” she said.
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