Hezbollah has representatives in Lebanon’s government and receives state funding. In practice, there is no separation between the Lebanese state and the militia. The same is true for Israel, and its own Jewish terrorists
A heated diplomatic and military debate is taking place over the question of whether to attack civilian infrastructure in Lebanon as part of Israel’s battle against Hezbollah. The logic guiding the idea’s supporters is that Lebanon’s government, as the head of a sovereign country, maintains supreme responsibility for everything happening in its territory.