Israel has invaded Lebanon. Here’s what could come next.

Smoke plumes erupt after an Israeli airstrike targeted the the village of Khiam in southern Lebanon near the border with northern Israel on September 30, 2024. | Rabih Daher/AFP via Getty Images

Israel has begun a military invasion of Lebanon it said would be “limited,” following days of bombing campaigns near and within the capital, Beirut. 

The Israeli military said that it had moved one army division, typically numbering around 10,000 troops, to the Lebanese border and told Lebanese...