Will Israel win the war, not just the battle, against Hezbollah?

Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Israel's recent strikes against Hezbollah seem a masterful operation so far. In attacks widely attributed to the country, thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies exploded Sept. 17 and 18 in Lebanon and Syria, resulting in deaths and disrupted communications among Hezbollah personnel. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) then killed many of Hezbollah's top leaders, including 64-year-old Hassan Nasrallah, who had headed the organization since 1992 and was responsible for countless deaths, including of Americans, dating back to the bombing of the Marine Barracks in Beirut in 1983.

Air attacks also destroyed substantial numbers of Hezbollah rockets and weapons. Whether or not ground attacks will follow remains to be seen. Israel, however, cannot forget prior incursions into Lebanon in 1982 and 2006 that did not turn out well for the IDF.

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