Bloodied, humiliated and knocked off guard by deadly pager warfare – what will Hezbollah do next?

To minimise the likelihood of exposure, Hezbollah often had oversight over the whole process of acquiring or selling goods in Lebanon, including weapons and drugs. It also dealt swiftly with the discovery of any infiltrators within its ranks. The group exercises high surveillance in its areas of influence in southern Lebanon, the Beqaa valley and Beirut. Such measures conveyed the image of a group running a security state within the Lebanese state.