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ANALYSIS

Why does Hezbollah think it has not lost this war?

Photos of the residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs, southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley heading home once the cease-fire agreement came into effect at dawn on Thursday represent the greatest victory in Hezbollah’s eyes.

Why does Hezbollah think it has not lost this war?

(Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

The attachment that its popular base exhibited despite the pressure and losses it has incurred, constitutes a flagrant failure for the Israelis and their plan to diminish as much as possible Hezbollah’s influence and weight, and to defeat it...
The attachment that its popular base exhibited despite the pressure and losses it has incurred, constitutes a flagrant failure for the Israelis and their plan to diminish as much as possible Hezbollah’s influence and weight, and to defeat it...