Analysis: Nasrallah's boasting about Shi'ite group having 100,000-strong military force considered exaggeration by analysts, but is likely to further ratchet up anxiety of a return to sectarian fighting in country roiled by series of devastating crises to maintain hold on power

Opinion: Extremists acting with unbridled violence against Palestinian civilians and even IDF soldiers, do so due to racism and not patriotism as they claim, and are no less dangerous than those seeking to delegitimize Israel