![United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) vehicles and armoured personnel carriers (APC) are seen on a road near the border between the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila and Israel on December 4, 2018, with a poster depicting Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri (L), Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (C), and Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah (R) seen in the corner. Israel's army said on December 4 it had detected Hezbollah "attack tunnels" infiltrating its territory from Lebanon and had launched an operation called "Northern Shield" to destroy them, a move likely to raise tensions with the Iran-backed group. / AFP / Ali DIA](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/CNHUQLKF76YD2PH4YFDYDYCQLY.jpg?smart=true&auth=c9e13120555a269917d3e86091ede05fca0bbdab95b2bbdb8f8b921c5fc193d4&width=400&height=225)
Armoured personnel carriers belonging to UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon are parked in front of a poster showing Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri, Syrian President Bashar Al Assad and Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah. AFP
Armoured personnel carriers belonging to UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon are parked in front of a poster showing Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri, Syrian President Bashar Al Assad and Hezbollah leader HaShow more
Why the relatively calm Lebanon-Israel border is heating up again
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Jean-Loup Samaan is a senior research fellow at the National University of Singapore
23 August, 2021