The six missiles fired by an Israeli drone last week precisely perforated the walls of a Beirut apartment, blasting out two floors that rained car-crushing debris on the streets below and killing Hezbollah’s top military commander, Haytham Ali Tabatabai.

Vows of revenge echoed the next day through the cramped streets of Haret Hreik, the Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut’s southern suburbs, as flag-waving Hezbollah supporters carried the coffins of Mr. Tabatabai and two other militia operatives to burial.

One year after a ceasefire ended 14 months of Israel-Hezbollah fighting – which left the Iran-backed Shiite militia deeply shaken and weakened – the Israeli military continues an overshadowing presence across Lebanon. Almost daily, Israel strikes at targets ranging from Hezbollah’s fighters

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