Lebanon: How Hezbollah is rising from the ashes

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 Written off as defeated after the 2024 war with Israel , Hezbollah has surprised observers by deploying significant firepower, introducing previously unseen weapons, and confronting Israeli troops along the border, where it was assumed to have no remaining presence. Iran 's resilience in the face of the US -Israeli war machine and its ability to sustain an asymmetric conflict are not the only elements that have caught analysts off guard in the current Middle East escalation. Another equally unexpected factor has been Hezbollah's battlefield performance, despite being widely considered weakened by both allies and adversaries.