Can a weakened Hezbollah still change the equation — or is it refusing to acknowledge defeat?

BEIRUT: Thursday marks three years since the first war between Hezbollah and Israel sent shockwaves through southern Lebanon, after the group opened what it called a support front for Gaza. A second war followed in March, when Hezbollah again entered the conflict under the banner of supporting Iran. The result has been an expansion of Israel’s occupation in southern Lebanon, where the latest development has been the construction of a military road stretching from the Safita Castle area on the so