Hezbollah hits Israel with deadliest attack in months-long conflict, IDF says, raising fears of escalation

"Brodsky, who is the policy director of United Against A Nuclear Iran, continued, 'But that may prove to be a miscalculation on Hezbollah’s part because an attack of this nature has the potential to change the dynamics of the conflict in the north due to the mass civilian casualties, including children. How did we get here? Eroded deterrence. Hezbollah has been under the impression that the U.S. would constrain Israeli operations in Lebanon. When U.S. policy is centered on deescalation, it begets the very escalation that they hope to avoid.'"