Portraits of Hassan Nasrallah, former leader of Hezbollah, displayed near the targeted building in the southern suburbs of Beirut, on Nov. 24, 2025. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L’Orient Today)
“You ask me if, had I known on July 11 that this operation would lead to such a war, would I have done it? My answer is no, absolutely not.”This was what slain Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said in late August 2006, referring to the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers and the devastating 34 day war that followed.Today, it reads like a premonition of Oct. 8, 2023.Even though, as in 2006 — albeit to a lesser extent — Hezbollah celebrated victory after the Nov. 27, 2024 cease-fire, the outcome this time was unequivocal. The party was defeated by its enemy, losing its leader, much of its senior command and a significant part of its missile capabilities. Walking a tight rope Washington adopts its toughest stance in decades vis-à-vis Lebanese Army One year on, Israel’s supremacy is beyond dispute. It occupies part of...
“You ask me if, had I known on July 11 that this operation would lead to such a war, would I have done it? My answer is no, absolutely not.”This was what slain Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said in late August 2006, referring to the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers and the devastating 34 day war that followed.Today, it reads like a premonition of Oct. 8, 2023.Even though, as in 2006 — albeit to a lesser extent — Hezbollah celebrated victory after the Nov. 27, 2024 cease-fire, the outcome this time was unequivocal. The party was defeated by its enemy, losing its leader, much of its senior command and a significant part of its missile capabilities. Walking a tight rope Washington adopts its toughest stance in decades vis-à-vis Lebanese Army One year on, Israel’s supremacy is beyond dispute. It occupies...
