Let see now, we got a faction with considerble political influence that has justified thier existance by claiming the destruction of thier enemy. Since the conflict has almost stopped, they have constantly lost power and the calls for disarment has been growing stronger.

And then out of the blue, they "accidently" provoked a massive response from thier official enemy...

I can only hope that Israel plays this on the method of making the attack from Hizbollah looking very useless and damaging to Lebanon, while not villify themself too much in the process.
If Israel decides to re-occupy parts of Lebanon or has a large collateral damage record, I'm going to call them fools that prefer this situation compared to peace.

Quote Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh
What would be an appropriate response to a specific attack on the Israeli military resulting in 7 dead and 2 captured and held hostage?
An attack that results in 7 dead and 2 captured Hizbollah members. Sure, if you could kill 70 Hizbollah members then it's fine, but not if the civilian casulities starts to reak up.
The one of mine = 100 of yours anti-partisan tactics doesn't work to well, if you simply starts killing more or less random people as they're "collaborators", more of the opposite.