Lebanon: Hezbollah Stages Wargames To Assert ‘Readiness’, Draws Mixed Reactions

On 21 May, the Iranian-backed Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah extended a rare invitation to one of its training sites in southern Lebanon and staged simulated military exercises to assert ‘readiness’. This comes amid heightened tensions following the recent escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in The Gaza Strip, and months after the Lebanon and Israel signed a landmark maritime border agreement. The exercises drew mixed reactions from major domestic, regional, and international media outlets. Influential political figures and netizens also took to social media to express their views. For a comprehensive traditional and/or social media roundup of reactions to, please contact the WNM team.