Lebanon: How Hezbollah is rising from the ashes

Submitted by Paul Khalifeh on Tue, 04/07/2026 - 16:55 Despite setbacks after the 2024 war, the Lebanese armed group has re-emerged with new weapons, commanders and a guerrilla strategy that has left Israeli forces struggling to adapt An Israeli security officer surveys damage from a Hezbollah missile strike in Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, on 1 April 2026 (Jalaa Marey/AFP) Off Unable to secure a decisive military breakthrough against Hezbollah, Israel appears to have shifted toward plan B: a s