The escalation between Israel and Hezbollah foreshadows a conflict without an end.

Smoke billows over southern Lebanon following Israeli strikes, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Tyre, southern Lebanon September 23, 2024 [Aziz Taher/Reuters]

Israel’s assault on Lebanon has led to more deaths in one day than in any time since Lebanon’s civil war between 1975 and 1990. What is the calculus in what happens next?

In this episode:

  • Makram Ouaiss, executive director, Lebanese Center for Policy Studies

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Khaled Soltan and Amy Walters with Hagir Saleh, Duha Mosaad, Cole van Miltenburg, Phillip Lanos, Hisham Abu Salah and our host Malika Bilal. It was edited by Alexandra Locke.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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