Hezbollah possibly splitting and Hamas gearing up to play its last card

Fears Hezbollah split could push elite commandos to join war Divisions are emerging between Hezbollah’s elite commando force in southern Lebanon, who are pushing for all out war with Israel, and the militia’s more cautious leadership in Beirut, Israeli analysts have said. The outcome, which is finely balanced, may determine whether a second front opens up in the north of Israel, potentially sucking in the US and sparking a wider conflict. Our US Editor Tony Diver reports that the United States is preparing evacuation plans for up to 600,000 Americans in Israel in anticipation of such an escalation.

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Analysis: How Hamas is gearing up to play its last card Slaughter hundreds of unarmed people in cold blood but take others captive, so you can blunt the counterattack and live to fight another day. This is the cruel, dead-eyed, calculus of Hamas, Global Health Security Editor Paul Nuki writes. He examines how hostage taking, particularly of those with Western passports, is designed to pressure politicians through their electorates.