Hezbollah then launched Military_operation more rockets into northern Israel and engaged Participation the IDF in guerrilla warfare Hostile_encounter from hardened positions .

The Iranians were able to capture Conquering the al-Faw Peninsula , cutting off Having_or_lacking_access Iraqi access Having_or_lacking_access to the Persian Gulf in the process ; this in turn hardened Cause_change_of_strength Iraqi attitudes to prosecute the war .

After the restoration Recovering of rule by Ferdinand VII in 1814 , and his rejection Agree_or_refuse_to_act of the Spanish liberal constitution of 1812 , the monarchy as well as liberals hardened Change their stance toward its overseas possessions , and they in turn increasingly sought political independence .

The nuclei of the armed bands that terrorized parts of France under aristocratic leaders during this period had been hardened Cause_change_of_strength in a generation of war Hostile_encounter in Germany , where troops still tended to operate Being_in_operation autonomously .

Catherine , however , later hardened Cause_change_of_strength her stance and , at the time of the St. Bartholomew 's Day massacre in 1572 , sided with the Guises .