'Most extreme right-wing fringes of Netanyahu govt call for far greater military action in Lebanon'

Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Dr Filippo Dionigi, Senior Lecturer of International Relations specialized in Middle Eastern politics at the University of Bristol. As Israeli forces push deeper into southern Lebanon than at any point since the end of their occupation in 2000, the seizure of Beaufort Castle has powerful symbolic resonance within the history of the conflict. And while the military campaign is directed at Hezbollah, Israel seeks to exert pressure through widespread civilian suffering and forced displacement of more than a million Lebanese "as a weapon" of war.