Why did Nasrallah reduce his Sunday assault, and why did Israel restrict its pre-emptive actions?
Hezbollah Altered Assault Strategy At Final Moment, Executed Major Operation Against Israeli Intelligence Headquarters Why did Nasrallah reduce his Sunday assault, and why did Israel restrict its pre-emptive actions? After Sunday's exchange of attacks between Israel and Hezbollah, both parties claim to be somewhat content with the outcome. Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah outlined the end of the operation in a speech on Sunday night, stating that it was "finished," but leaving open the possibility of future strikes. Some might characterize his address as apologetic – crafted to clarify to his local audience in Lebanon that Hezbollah had not allowed the killing of its military leader, Faud Shukr, by Israel to go unpunished, and had therefore extracted a retaliation from Israel. Israel assassinated Shukr in a airstrike in Beirut on July 30, just days after a Hezbollah missile took the lives of 12 Israeli children in Majdal Shams on the Golan Heights, in a strike t...