"With a curious air, a man and a woman on a motorcycle with two small children stop the vehicle when they see the wall that has dominated the country's news broadcasts since the previous day. When the children finish counting the six holes that Israeli missiles left in an apartment building on the fourth and fifth floors, the adults smile at them in approval and continue on their way."
"In the suburbs of Beirut, where one can travel for miles without finding any streets untouched after last year's Israeli offensive during the war with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, the scar left on Sunday by the assassination of the group's military chief, Haytham Ali Tabatabai, is indistinguishable from the others. Dozens of men dressed in black T-shirts, members of the fundamentalist movement that acts as the de facto authority in the area, nervously secured the site of the attack on Monday."
"The bombing in Haret Hreik, one of the municipalities on the outskirts of Beirut, raises questions to which Hezbollah has no answers. Despite a ceasefire that has been in place since November 2024, Israel bombs southern and eastern Lebanon daily as punishment for Hezbollah's refusal to disarm under the deal. This is happening even though Hezbollah has not ordered a single attack in 12 months."
An assassination in Haret Hreik killed Haytham Ali Tabatabai, Hezbollah's military chief, leaving a blast scar similar to widespread wartime damage. Local civilians reacted with curiosity to missile damage and resumed daily life. Dozens of Hezbollah members secured the site nervously, indicating the group was caught off guard. Israel continues daily strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon despite a ceasefire from November 2024, citing Hezbollah's refusal to disarm under the deal. Hezbollah maintains its reading of the ceasefire, limiting disarmament to the border area and leaving national defense to Lebanese authorities. The killing raises questions about Israeli military escalation and forces Hezbollah into a difficult response choice.
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