Hezbollah's explosives: Has the situation really changed?

The article discussed current and former officials in Lebanon exchanging warnings of possible assassinations after the announcement that explosives, including C4, were seized in Dahra El-Beidar, recalling the assassinations of President Rafik Hariri, Gibran Tueni and Samir Kassir. Observers considered the timing of the discovery significant, and said Hezbollah's failure to deny involvement and its adoption of the explosives constituted an intimidation message, while rearmament and preparations continue for a coming phase, and U.S. pressure and Israeli targeting have not stopped arms smuggling or Iranian support for Hezbollah. It addressed Lebanon being placed in the equation of the Strait of Hormuz, Bab al-Mandab and the axis of resistance, according to MP Hussein Hajj Hassan, and the stagnation of diplomatic efforts to end hostilities between Lebanon and Israel, amid regional developments involving Iraq, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the U.S. congressional elections.