“This is a factor in the worsening of the situation at the regional level,” says a specialist.

“Events are clearly accelerating and the conflict is no longer confined to Gaza,” David Rigoulet-Roze, Middle East specialist at Iris, spoke on franceinfo on Wednesday, September 18, after the wave of explosions of beepers used by Hezbollah which left nine dead and nearly 2,800 injured.

“What has just happened in Lebanon is a factor in the worsening of the situation at the regional level,” said the researcher. It is a psychological, physical and logistical shock to the communication chain.” of Hezbollah, he added. “The widening of the conflict is here.”

Israel is “now engaged in a multiplicity of conflicts” in addition to one “Open war in Gaza”Since the bloody attack of October 7 by Hamas against the Hebrew state, the border area between Israel and Lebanon has been the scene of almost daily exchanges of fire between the Israeli army and Hamas’s ally, supported by Iran. “Until now, Hezbollah has been in a posture of calibrated support for Hamas and with a form of strategic patience,” added the specialist.

But this wave of pager explosions blamed on Israel “tests the patience of the Lebanese armed movement”according to him. “How Hezbollah will eventually be led to respond”asked David Rigoulet-Roze.