The militant group has vowed to retaliate against Israel for the assassination of a commander. But if that leads to an all-out war, Lebanon may turn against it.

Hezbollah is reportedly willing to delay its retaliatory response against Israel in an attempt to allow the renewed Israel-Hamas ceasefire negotiations to play out. Iran and its proxies, including Hezbollah,

The massive show of force comes as Hezbollah promised a harsh response to the killing of one of its senior commanders in an Israeli strike in Beirut last month.

U.S. special envoy to the Middle East has warned Israel that time was running out to sign a Gaza ceasefire-hostage release deal with Hamas. On his visit to Beirut, Amos Hochstein said that the deal was important to stop Hezbollah's non-stop cross-border attacks on Israeli troops and avoid an Iranian attack in retaliation to the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.