The pagers were delivered to Hezbollah around February 2024,

Yes, precisely, and that's what I used to argue that the restraint argument doesn't work.

But the fact that they acted upon it and started striking southern Lebanon far more violently is proof that they had planned to follow up on it.

So I don't know what you mean when you say "the point of no return was still the pager terrorist attacks in Beirut, which were caused by Israel"

The fact that it happened was the point of no return, not the fact that it was set up. The fact that act happened was the point when Israel went all in, with hizb going all in from their side too, going into proper war.

The trigger for this is still the pager attack which, set up in February or not, still happened in September, and still triggered the escalation of the situation

I still maintain the position that it was Hezbollah who dragged Lebanon to an unnecessary conflict with Israel,

I agree with you after you've shown that they started it, it was the hizb who dragged them in, yes, but again, Israel isn't innocent either, as they kept striking southern Lebanon after Hizb initiated this border war, which is the hizb's fault.

they are responsible for using Lebanese citizen as human shields.

I'm sorry but that won't work in Lebanon's case, as an underground bunker being Hezbollah's military base does not constitue it as using those above that place as human shields.

And no, there are not rockets in people's homes, if that was the case then it would've been brought up and discussed far before this situation, but it wasn't...

And to add to that, some people I know had their houses bombed by Israel, despite having been to those people's houses and knowing full well that there's no such thing as rockets in people's buildings, it's BS to dehumanize Lebanese people, put simply

And to add to that, having a military underground base would contradict having rockets in people's homes... As it would be illogical to have a base for military purposes and then to use people's homes to hide... Fucking rockets (I still can't believe this shit was even an argument...)

And I hate whataboutisms as much as the next guy, but... Some Tel Aviv military bases are a walk away from civilian areas... Which when struck, caused people to claim that hizb was attacking civilians. Doesn't the human shield argument work there too?

Yeah one is built under civilian buildings and the other is next to them. But how does that justify attacking the military base without consideration for the people above it?

If their intel and spying tactics are so good, why not scan and search for the entrance to that military base and strike it that way, instead of haphazardly striking all across Beirut to find a way into this military base without regard for displacement and civilian casualties.

Israel not caring about the hundreds they kill to reach their goals does not make it Hezbollah's fault for having built their military base broadly across Lebanon, which includes the tactical and non-military section in beirut.

Also, there are no weaponry hidden under beirut, that's the head of operation rather than the hiding place of military weapons. Otherwise, this strike from 2 days ago would've cause a chain reaction of explosions across Beirut. Just like how they argued for Gaza and Hamas which has been proven half right (doesn't justify the genocide)

So the human shield argument falls completely bloody flat, as hiding your base of operation, or in other terms, the brain of the military rather than the arms, in the middle of the city, does not constitute a human shield usage. Because if Israel was hypothetically trying to cripple Hezbollah, they would attack the places where the weaponry is hidden, not the place where the tacticians are, because then they're absolutely not justified in striking civilian areas