Reports: Aoun disappointed with US promises as Hezbollah source says patience not unlimited

There is a “serious disappointment” in Baabda over the failure of diplomatic contacts to secure serious guarantees from the U.S. regarding Israel’s attacks against Lebanon following the violent airstrikes in the Nabatieh region, prominent political sources said.

“President Joseph Aoun failed to obtain any U.S. guarantee yesterday that the Israeli attacks will not be repeated or about reining in the government of extreme right in Israel,” the sources told ad-Diyar newspaper in remarks published Friday.

“The U.S. responses were more of the same: ‘We will hold contacts with the other side,’” the sources added.

A Shiite Duo source meanwhile warned in remarks to al-Liwaa newspaper that the patience of Hezbollah’s operatives and commanders has started to run out.

The warning was confirmed by a “senior Hezbollah commander,” who told al-Liwaa that “the question is no longer ‘if’ Hezbollah will respond but rather ‘when.’”

“These remarks are not a threat but rather a realistic warning addressed to the Lebanese state and the countries that are part of the five-party (ceasefire) committee,” the commander added.

“Hezbollah still retains an advanced and large missile arsenal that was not used during the last war, and it exceeds in its accuracy and effectiveness what the Israeli enemy had faced in the past,” the commander claimed.

“If some are betting on Hezbollah’s discipline and that it does not want to be dragged into an all-out confrontation, they must know that this discipline is not without a time limit and that Hezbollah’s silence does not reflect weakness, but rather awareness of the political, economic and social risks of any new war. But the continuation of this provocative approach will make the resistance’s response a matter of time,” the commander warned.

He also warned of a “potential explosion” in the South if “the resistance’s warnings continue to be met with silence or disregard.”