Cracks in a loyal base

People walking among debris from overnight airstrikes by Israel in Nabi Chit, Lebanon. Lebanon is engulfed in its second major conflict in less than two years, and the loyalty of Hezbollah’s base is being tested as never before. — David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

THE Lebanese are exhausted.

They are tired of frantically evacuating their homes and living in makeshift shelters for months on end. Tired of the thunderous booms of explosions echoing across the capital day and night.