Hezbollah establishing deterrence will not result in Lebanon = Gaza.
THe very same attack Israel approved and US green leadership green lit would happen whether Hezbollah responds with 50 rockets a day or 800-1000.
The only difference is if Hezbollah responded with 800 the Israeli's would have to make intelligence reassessments, build more iron dome interceptors and batteries, took more damage, thought twice about any future attacks, would believe Hezbollah is still powerful enough and think twice about attacking Iran nuclear program , maybe even considering such an attack.
You guys want badly for some reason to responding proportionally against Israel will result in destruction of entire country. That will never the equation established. They destroyed Gaza because world gave them permission, and for them they had 1400 KIA and 250-300 hostages in one day.
They're not doing to destroy Lebanon over some rockets fired back. This is Hezbollah propoganda Hezbollah is just scared and also doesn't believe in the cause. Hamas and Islamic Jihad was firing 1,000 rockets a day during Sayf Al Quds in May 2021. The conflict back then was considered minor.
Now the AoR because how they scared they are have made the equation so that one katayshua rocket fired at Israel will result in mass airstrikes all over the country.
This is mostly thanks to Hezbollah and Iranians which are so afraid and making Israeli's feel so powerful. It's not real Israeli deterrence. It's AoR incompetence.
If Hezbollah comes under attack again and doesn't respond with at least 500 rockets a day than Israelis will feel powerful and continue enforcing such an equation.
If Hamas was in Hezbollah's position that's just May 2021 for Hamas. Thats not some dire hopeless situation you guys make out Hezbollah's situation to be. That's being in very good shape still. Minus assassination of their leadership which only happened because they're compromised at leadership level but also leadership that won't enforce red lines, thus increasing Israeli appetite.
Hamas on October 7 didn't enforce Gaza red lines it crossed Israeli red lines. Hezbollah didn't cross any Israeli red lines it just took the hits and Israelis were anticipating a response and deployed lots of Iron Dome for it. But the response never came. They weren't going to hit Lebanon any harder. They executed their entire war game plan on Lebanon. They hit all their Hezbollah target bank.
Hezbollah could of tried at least hitting back properly which would be better for them in long term but they didn't.
Next step for Israel was Lebanese state and military target bank which is much smaller and mostly symbolic to scare the state.