Video / Middle East & North Africa 16 August 2023 1 minute Israeli-Hizbollah Mutual Deterrence Must Be Preserved In this video, Crisis Group’s Senior Analyst for Lebanon, David Wood, warns that tensions between Hizbollah and Israel risk ending the relative calm of the past seventeen years. Share Facebook Twitter Email Linkedin Whatsapp Save Print Since 2006, “unspoken rules” have prevented tensions between Hizbollah and Israel from blowing up into large-scale conflict. But the mutual deterrence is fragile. In this video of our In Black & White series, Crisis Group’s Senior Analyst for Lebanon, David Wood, explains how a misstep on one side could lead the other to respond forcefully. Loading Video Israeli-Hizbollah Mutual Deterrence Must Be Preserved Related Tags More for you Alert / Middle East & North Africa Time to Resolve the Lebanon-Israel Maritime Border Dispute Commentary / Middle East & North Africa Lebanon Needs to Hold Municipal Elections