SPECIAL FEATURE: Top Hezbollah Scholar Explains Hezbollah's History and Why Israel Might Not Destroy Them

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Dr. Matthew Levitt is perhaps the United States' foremost leading expert on Hezbollah. He's a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and an adjunct professor in Georgetown University's Center for Security Studies. We sat down with Dr. Levitt to better understand Hezbollah's history, how it operates, how Israel plans to fight it, whether this could escalate into an Israel-Iran war, how the pager attack happened, and so much more.

0:00 - Intro

0:55 - History of Hezbollah

3:37 - Where is it based?

5:13 - Lebanon and Hezbollah's relationship

8:31 - Israel's war with Hezbollah

9:30 - Why Israel might not destroy it

12:40 - The Israeli pager attack

17:20 - Is Israel sparing citizens?

18:37 - How Israel is avoiding civilian casualties

20:36 - Closing