What it takes to win
From May 12 to May 16, the Lebanese liberation organization Hezbollah reported that its fighters destroyed a new Zionist barracks that contained artillery, bulldozers and other vehicles located in a southern Lebanese town.
The Israeli state killed hundreds of people to assassinate Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah in 2024, but millions are inspired to fight to liberate Lebanon. May 2026.
Hezbollah destroyed all the vehicles and equipment in the barracks and then attacked the remaining soldiers directly with drones. In a different town, Hezbollah did the same thing, destroying Israeli tanks and vehicles and attacking Israeli troops with drones and artillery. (Resistance News Network, May 22)
Hezbollah has been waging such attacks almost daily since March 2, when they resumed fighting after Israel continued to violate the ceasefire agreed to earlier.
On May 24, Lebanese Resistance and Liberation Day, the new Secretary General of Hezbollah Sheikh Naim Qassem said that Hezbollah refuses to disarm and will defend the people of Lebanon even when the government is unwilling to do it: “The weapons will remain in our hands until the Lebanese state is able to perform its duty. What is happening in the south is the beginning of the demise of ‘Israel.’” (RNN, May 24)
Hundreds of Israelis, displaced from Kiryat Shmona, a northern Israeli town on the border with Lebanon, are refusing to return to the settlement. This is despite financial incentives offered by the Israeli government. What’s stopping them is the Israeli military’s ongoing fighting with Hezbollah. (Israeli Channel 12, May 25)
Moshe Davidovich, head of the Israeli Mateh Asher Regional Council in the western Galilee and chairman of the Northern Conflict Zone Forum, told Israeli media that Hezbollah must be defeated or the northern Zionist settlements would cease to exist. (The Cradle, May 24)
To better understand this, consider what happened in September 2024, when the Israelis assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
To kill that one leader, the Israeli forces leveled at least four large buildings in a residential section of Beirut, killing hundreds of people living in them. Nasrallah died among his colleagues and his family. There had previously been a series of deadly bombings of Beirut and its environs prior to the assassination, killing over 800 people and injuring at least 5,000.
In this process aimed at eliminating the Lebanese resistance, the Israelis murdered many other Hezbollah leaders. On Sept. 17, 2024, Israel detonated hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah party members, wounding dozens of people, mostly civilians, and revealing shocking intelligence penetration.
At the time, many believed that it would be difficult for the Lebanese resistance, that is, Hezbollah, to recover from this blow. Wikipedia has an entry saying some thought it was the end of the resistance.
In retrospect, however, as reported on May 24 in The Cradle: “The steadfastness of fighters on the border fighting a fight to the death provided the party’s remaining top military leaders room to breathe and gather themselves to regroup. These walking martyrs saved the party.”
Hezbollah began reconstructing the organization on Nov. 28, 2025, one day after the ceasefire agreement.
Inside the organization, the assumption was not that the war had ended, but that another round of fighting with Israel was only a matter of time. The ceasefire meant that although the war had exacted a heavy toll, it had also left open a critical space in which the organization could reconstitute itself. By mid-December 2025 they did just that.
Hezbollah replenished weapons, etc., by taking over unattended Syrian supplies and with help from Iran.
According to Middle East Eye, Hezbollah resumed attacking on March 2 and hasn’t stopped. On March 19, Hezbollah’s missiles even reached southern Israel, sending Israelis in Ashkelon and communities near the Gaza Strip running for cover.
The Israelis are finding out that just by being the most heinous or murderous actor doesn’t guarantee victory — if the liberation forces are also ready to fight. Being the most determined and patient, while acting in solidarity with the people can work better.
