In Lebanon, hundreds of thousands of Hezbollah supporters gathered on Friday to hold what they described as a victory rally. Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah made his first public appearance since the war. Nasrallah vowed not to disarm Hezbollah until the right conditions were in place. He said that the “steadfastness” of Hezbollah had foiled the US plan to create a so-called “new Middle East.”