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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal,

this is Potomac Watch.

Israel preempts an attack by the Hezbollah terrorist group

on its territory with precision targeting

on rocket sites that were poised to fire at Israel. We'll talk about the

latest military exchanges in the Middle East and how they'll affect the negotiations

for a ceasefire in Gaza. Plus it's the third anniversary of the terrorist attack in Kabul that

killed 13 Americans trying to defend the chaotic U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan.

Welcome. It's a Foreign Policy Podcast day on Potomac Watch,

the Daily Wall Street Journal Opinion Podcast.

And I'm Paul Gigo editorial page editor of the journal.

And I'm here today with my colleague

Elliot Kaufman who's been closely following Middle East events with excellent

sources in the region. Welcome Elliot. Thank you. All right Israel launched its preemptive

strikes on the weekend against Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon. Did not go into

Beirut this time. Hezbollah responded with some drone attacks, but most of those were nearly all of them were

intercepted and did little damage in Israel, the one there was one casualty on the ground

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