Our satellite data can map the risk of a widening conflict
To read more of The Economist’s data journalism visit our Graphic detail page. OVER THE PAST month there has been a very real threat that, besides Israel’s fierce fighting with Hamas in Gaza, tension on its northern border might escalate into a second front. Dozens of Israeli villages and towns were evacuated near the border with Lebanon where Hizbullah, a powerful militia-cum-political-party and sworn enemy of Israel, operates.
The first was a significant uptick in war-related fires near Israel’s border with Lebanon and Syria, shortly after it launched its offensive on Gaza in response to the Hamas terror attacks on October 7th. Hundreds of fires were detected along the border by the beginning of November, with particularly ferocious activity in late October . But the second phase appears to show a significant decline in fighting since October 26th . Since November 3rd there have been just a few events per day.
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