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Just a few minutes stood between a deadly disaster and property damage, but luck and timing are not a work plan. It is Israel's responsibility to provide security for communities in the north. What hurts me most is the feeling that we have been abandoned. Some people are afraid and others have already grown used to it, but this is not a situation that can be accepted.

11 days after his predecessor, Izz al-Din al-Haddad, was eliminated by the Israeli Air Force, his successor, Mohammed Odeh, has also been eliminated. Before succeeding al-Haddad, Odeh headed the military intelligence headquarters in Gaza, which was responsible for gathering information on IDF bases in the western Negev.

Despite the isolated incident, at this stage it is impossible to know whether the cluster munition, combined with the nets IDF soldiers are deploying over fortified positions and sites, will eliminate the emerging threat they face in southern Lebanon, or at least reduce it.

A regional diplomatic source says deep divisions on both sides are holding up a memorandum of understanding, as Washington pushes Iran to meet baseline nuclear and maritime conditions while talks continue under the US naval blockade.