But I don't see where Hezbollah fits into this analysis. OK, for the sake of argument, let's say this 'explains' the Gaza kidnapping. I'm putting the quotes on explains, because I'm not sure how the kidnappings lead to a better situation for the Palestinians, but let's skip that. Hezbollah is operating from Lebanon. They aren't even a group of displaced Palestinians, at least not at the leadership level. They aren't operating from occupied territories. They are operating from Lebanon, and the Lebanese either have to acquiesce in their actions (which would promote the conflict to a war between states) or they have to express a desire that Hezbollah stop using its territory as a staging ground. I have no illusions that the Lebanese Army could actually stop Hezbollah operations, but at least if they indicated that they didn't approve, the international community could come down on both sides. That benefits Israel more, because they weren't trying (any longer, I know, I know) to kidnap Lebanese.