Sept. 23, 2024 (EIRNS)—Netanyahu’s goal appears to be to draw Iran and Hezbollah into an escalated conflict, by goading them into action through a series of increasingly provocative attacks, including assassinations, destruction of diplomatic facilities, pager explosions that caused many indiscriminate injuries and deaths, and now a series of attacks on southern Lebanon that have left hundreds dead and over a thousand wounded in one day. (The assault was swiftly denounced by Brazil.)