Wires-'Hezbollah Attacks 19 Positions Along Israeli Border'-Snr Source

Wires carrying comments attributed to an unnamed 'senior Hezbollah source' claiming that 'Lebanon's Hezbollah simultaneously attacks 19 positions in Israel along border with Lebanon'. It should be noted that clashes on the Israel-Lebanon border have occurred frequently since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, with the fighting so far limited to rocket and mortar attacks and gunfights. It is not clear what timeframe the headline refers to, meaning that it is not necessarily an indication of an escalation towards the opening of a second front for the IDF along Israel's northern border.

• What will be more closely watched than wire headlines will be comments delivered on Friday 3 Nov by Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. These will be Nasrallah's first public comments since the 7 Oct Hamas attacks and will be viewed through the lens of indicating whether Hezbollah will risk creating a wider regional conflagration. The Hezbollah leader is due to speak at 1500 local time (0900ET, 1300GMT, 1400CET).