“The Israelis imagined that the developments in the region, particularly in Syria, will weaken the resistance... and would distract it from preparations [for a future war] and would drain it. I tell you today, that the resistance is stronger than before and is more developed and has more experience.”Mariam Karouny, “Hezbollah Chief Says Ultra Hardline Sunni Militants Will Be Defeated,” Reuters, November 4, 2014, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/04/us-mideast-crisis-lebanon-ashoura-idUSKBN0IO19T20141104.