Specter Of Regional War Looms Over Lebanon

NABATIEH, LEBANON - AUGUST 26: Men carry the coffin of Amal fighter, Ayman Kamel Idriss who was killed in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on August 25, during his funeral on August 26, 2024 Nabatieh, Lebanon. The recent assassination of a Hezbollah military commander in Lebanon, as well as the killing of the political leader of Hamas in Iran, has heightened concerns of a wider regional war between Israel and Iran-backed enemies like Hezbollah. Israel and Hezbollah have traded regular cross-border fire since Oct. 7, although both sides have seemed to calculate their attacks to avoid all-out war. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)