LONDON: Israel’s declaration last week that it had seized the strategically important Ali Al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon from Hezbollah could be the latest setback for a Lebanese government trying to demonstrate it can provide security without the group’s arsenal, analysts say.On Sept. 4, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the military had cleared Hezbollah fighters from tunnels beneath the ridge, a prominent stretch of high ground that overlooks a wide area of southern Lebanon. The s
