Hezbollah is just an arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps in every way that matters.

So a war between Israel is the first direct serious war between Israel and Iran.

And that means that for Israel, this is a war for its existence.

And so the Israelis will put into it everything they have and whatever it takes. With new arms transfers being announced from Washington to

With new arms transfers being announced from Washington to Israel and events heating up in the north on Israel's northern border with Lebanon and what

lessons may be learned from the fighting in Gaza so far

for what may come to be in southern Lebanon

and beyond.

I pick back up my regular conversation

with Havif Redigur from the Times of Israel.

Haviv, good to see you.

Dan, it's good to be here.

Thanks for having me once again.

I'm in an undisclosed location as we speak somewhere in South America. You are heading

towards an undisclosed location somewhere in some part of Asia. You will not be on this

podcast for 10 days or so. We will miss you, but you know

You're a mere mortal and even you deserves a break. Yes, just the family is going on

vacation. Yeah, it's a we're just going off the grid on vacation

for a couple weeks.

That's, sure, undisclosed location

because, you know, we're very important people, etc.

Yes.

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