Massive airstrikes are pounding Beirut, the Ayatollah stands defiant in Iran, and missiles are flying towards Israel from every direction as the region spirals towards a greater war.
Lebanon is at risk of being destabilised to such an extent that there is even potential for a second civil war.
This often overlooked 1969 accord established the principles under which the armed resistance against Israel could be carried out from Lebanese soil.
The Iranian regime is looking ever more impotent and discredited at every turn.
This attack is one that Tehran was reluctant to conduct.
Whoever takes over from the late Hezbollah leader will struggle to re-establish the group’s credibility as a fighting force.
Israel is going for the nuclear option of threatening a ground war in the hope this persuades Hezbollah to back down.
A full-blown Israel-Hezbollah war would run a very real risk of dragging the US and Iran into direct confrontation.
Carrier pigeons and couriers are among the only options left for Hezbollah as anything that beeps can go boom
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