"Hezbollah is committed to the ceasefire agreement, even though Israel has not respected this commitment over the past period," the spokesperson said. "It continues to kill, assassinate, and attack areas, including entering border villages and remaining at the five points."

For Israel, the objective was to degrade Iran’s nuclear capabilities and demonstrate unequivocally that any threat to its existence will be met with overwhelming force. For Iran, retaliation served not only as a defense of national pride but also a signal to regional allies and adversaries alike that it remains capable of responding to aggression.

Still, Qassim Qassir, a Lebanese analyst close to Hezbollah, said a role for the group in the Israel-Iran conflict should not be ruled out. “This depends on political and field developments ...

In its airstrikes, Israel has targeted the assets and leadership of the Quds Force, an arm of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard.

DUBAI: Iran's 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cuts an increasingly lonely figure. Khamenei has seen his main military and security advisers killed by Israeli airstrikes, le