The situation between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah continues to escalate. However, targeted killings of high-ranking Hezbollah members carried out by Israel in recent months have also claimed countless civilian victims. TraCe Visiting Fellow Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl and Sarah Elizabeth Parkinson discuss how effective these targeted killings actually are in the fight against Hezbollah in their article “Targeted Killings Won't Destroy Hezbollah”, which was published by Foreign Affairs magazine on November 11, 2024.
- Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl is Visiting Fellow at TraCE, Visiting Professor at PRIF and Universitair Docent for Political Science at Leiden University. Furthermore he is author of “Quagmire in Civil War”.
- Sarah Elizabeth Parkinson is Aronson Associate Professor for Political Science and International Studies at John Hopkins University. She is also author of “Beyond the Lines: Social Networks and Palestinian Militant Organizations in Wartime Lebanon”.
The article can be found on the website of Foreign Affairs Magazine (behind a paywall). However, it is also possible to get free access by providing an e-mail address.