Hezbollah appears on the backfoot, rattled, and forced to contend with a new reality after unprecedented attacks in Lebanon.

BEIRUT: Israel bombed Lebanon on Thursday, after two waves of explosions targeted its communications systems, killing at least 37 people across the country. On Thursday, the Israeli military claimed it struck six Hezbollah “infrastructure sites” and a weapons storage facility overnight in southern Lebanon.

The Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, did not say how his group would respond to attacks on hand-held devices, which killed dozens when pagers and walkie-talkies exploded.

Israeli warplanes shattered the calm over Beirut on Thursday as Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivered a fiery televised speech from an undisclosed location. Nasrallah accused Israel of crossing a "red line" following the remote detonation of rigged communication devices that killed 37 and injured over 3,