As Israel expands operations in southern Lebanon, debate is growing inside the defense establishment over whether battlefield gains are translating into any real strategic shift.

The Cost of Israeli Deployment in Lebanon Rises While Its Rationale Fades: More IDF Soldiers Are Being Killed in the Line of Duty, and a Cease-fire Does Little to Stop It.…

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it struck southern Lebanon in response to overnight shelling by Hezbollah at Israeli troops, despite an earlier announced ceasefire. —…