Hezbollah supporters gathered in the southern suburbs of Beirut, hours after the assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/OLJ)
After Hezbollah was weakened following the war with Israel in the fall of 2024 and by daily Israeli strikes that continued to target it despite the Nov. 2024 cease-fire agreement, few believed the party would launch another such confrontation.Yet after the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, on the first day of the war between Iran and the United States and Israel, the group launched its first attack on Israeli territory in 15 months. Since then, it has been carrying out around a dozen attacks per day.As Israeli strikes multiply, Hezbollah itself acknowledges an imbalance in power, while insisting it can hold its ground. What can the party rely on, and what can it do in a war that appears larger than its own capabilities? In the news Fifth day of Israeli escalation in Lebanon: Intense series of Israeli strikes target...
After Hezbollah was weakened following the war with Israel in the fall of 2024 and by daily Israeli strikes that continued to target it despite the Nov. 2024 cease-fire agreement, few believed the party would launch another such confrontation.Yet after the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, on the first day of the war between Iran and the United States and Israel, the group launched its first attack on Israeli territory in 15 months. Since then, it has been carrying out around a dozen attacks per day.As Israeli strikes multiply, Hezbollah itself acknowledges an imbalance in power, while insisting it can hold its ground. What can the party rely on, and what can it do in a war that appears larger than its own capabilities? In the news Fifth day of Israeli escalation in Lebanon: Intense series of Israeli strikes...
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