Episode Notes:

The past 24 hours have seen a rapid escalation in tensions between Israel, Hizballah, Hamas, and their backer, Iran. Following a strike last week that killed 12 Druze Israelis in the Golan Heights, Israel struck Beirut and Tehran, killing a top Hizballah commander and Hamas’ political leader, Ismail Haniyeh. Here to tell us more about what’s happening is Faysal Itani, a senior director at the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy.