Israel and Hizbullah play with fire

As the sun rose, both sides had their narratives prepared. Israel said that it had launched a “pre-emptive” attack after detecting preparations by Hizbullah to launch thousands of rockets and explosive drones. These were to be aimed mainly at military bases in Israel’s north, but a salvo of longer-range missiles was meant for the Glilot complex just north of Tel Aviv, where Mossad, Israel’s spy agency, and Unit 8200, the signals-intelligence directorate, have their headquarters. Israel’s air strikes destroyed “thousands” of missile tubes and prevented most of these launches.