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One of the themes in the book is that it's our failure to engage with Putin and Putin's Russia effectively that has led to this growing ambition that he's got now, where he's interfering in various elections around the world, where he's conducting a major war on European soil for the first time in two or three generations, where he's conducting sabotage and assassination operations.

Sinwar's death was a major war goal for Israel, which marked him for death soon after the 7 October attacks.

After the end of the last major war between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006, a wary truce was in effect in southern Lebanon.

There were no surprises in Hassan Nasrallah’s televised address on Thursday afternoon - his first public reaction to the exploding device attacks which created panic across Lebanon and raised fears of another major war between Hezbollah and Israel.

Up until now, Hezbollah has indicated that is is not interested in another major war with Israel, as Lebanon struggles to recover from a years-long economic crisis.