Israel has enjoyed unusual quiet on its northern and southern borders since its short, bruising wars against Hizbullah, the Lebanese guerrilla force, in 2006, and Hamas, the Islamist Palestinian faction ruling Gaza, two years later. Yet many fear that the calm is illusory. "The next round won't be focused on one theatre but rather will incorporate two or three," warned Israel's outgoing head of military intelligence, Amos Yadlin, in November. "It will be much bigger, much wider in scope, and with many more casualties."
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