Hezbollah appears on the backfoot, rattled, and forced to contend with a new reality after unprecedented attacks in Lebanon.

The Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, did not say how his group would respond to attacks on hand-held devices, which killed dozens when pagers and walkie-talkies exploded.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Thursday that Israel’s deadly pager and handheld radio attacks that targeted his fighters across Lebanon amounted to a “declaration of

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is warning Israel will face “tough retribution” after the dramatic detonation of pagers and walkie-talkies that left at least 37 people dead and more than 3,300 injured across Lebanon this week.

Hassan Nasrallah refused to say when or how Hezbollah would take revenge. As he spoke, Israeli fighter jets swooped low over Beirut.

Israeli warplanes shattered the calm over Beirut on Thursday as Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivered a fiery televised speech from an undisclosed location. Nasrallah accused Israel of crossing a "red line" following the remote detonation of rigged communication devices that killed 37 and injured over 3,

But his keenly-awaited address was disrupted by the sound of sonic booms from low-flying Israeli jets ringing across the Lebanese capital. Minutes before he began, the IDF confirmed it had also struck a series of Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.