"Hezbollah is committed to the ceasefire agreement, even though Israel has not respected this commitment over the past period," the spokesperson said. "It continues to kill, assassinate, and attack areas, including entering border villages and remaining at the five points."

The group is one of the most powerful and shadowy arms of Iran’s military, and it has long been on the front line of a shadow conflict with Israel.

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah was long considered Iran’s first line of defense in case of a war with Israel

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) questioned the idea of Russian President Vladimir Putin playing a role in the negotiations between Israel and Iran, citing how Putin did “nothing” when Syria requested Russia’s aid last year.

For Israel, the objective was to degrade Iran’s nuclear capabilities and demonstrate unequivocally that any threat to its existence would be met with overwhelming force. For Iran, retaliation served not only as a defence of national pride but also as a signal to regional allies and adversaries alike that it remains capable of responding to aggression.

Iran’s intelligence chief and other key senior officials were killed in an Israeli airstrike as they attended a meeting together, according to Israeli officials. Mohammed Kazemi, the elite Islamic

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah was long considered Iran’s first line of defense in case of a war with Israel.