‘A disastrous event’: All-out war between Israel and Hezbollah could devastate both sides

• So stark is the danger of war erupting between Israel and Hezbollah that U.S. President Joe Biden last week sent one of his top aides, Amos Hochstein, to Israel and Lebanon to push for a solution. 
• Hezbollah, considered to be among the most heavily armed non-state groups in the world, is estimated to have 10 times the military capability of Hamas.
• At least 150,000 residents of southern Lebanon and northern Israel have been evacuated from their homes and are internally displaced due to the regular cross-border fire.
• Leaders of both Israel and Hezbollah say they do not want a full-fledged war, but the risk of miscalculation is high.

The near-daily exchanges of fire along Lebanon's border with northern Israel have intensified at an alarming rate in recent weeks, spurring escalating threats between Israel and Hezbollah and forcing the U.S. to call for an urgent diplomatic solution.

An all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah — the Iranian-backed Lebanese Shia militant and political organization, called a terrorist group by the U.S. and U.K. — would be devastating for both sides.

So stark is the danger of war erupting between Israel and Hezbollah — a far larger and more heavily armed fighting force than Hamas — that U.S. President Joe Biden last week sent one of his top aides, Amos Hochstein, to Israel and Lebanon to push for a solution. 

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters Tuesday that "diplomacy is by far the best way to prevent more escalation," stressing that, "we are urgently seeking a diplomatic agreement that restores lasting calm to Israel's northern border and enables civilians to return safely to their homes on both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border."

Hezbollah has launched thousands of rockets into