Lebanon and Israel have been in conflict since March 2. More than 2,000 people died and more than 1 million were displaced in the six-week war. Washington stepped in to broker the first public, direct talks between Israel and Lebanon in decades, paving the way for the current ceasefire.
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Ceasefire in Lebanon is not a diplomatic success, but a political admission. It is the recognition that the old order no longer holds. For decades, the United States positioned itself as the ultimate guarantor of order in West Asia. Israelās military campaign, while devastating in scale, did not secure uncontested dominance. The ability to enforce outcomes, to guarantee security to allies and to operate without credible challenge has been eroded. Iran has shown that it can shape outcomes indirectly and decisively.
After failing to secure victory through overwhelming violence, Israel is relying on coercive diplomacy to impose political outcomes. Israel has failed to achieve its stated military objectives and failed to translate overwhelming firepower into lasting political gains. Israelās conception of the ābattlefieldā is fundamentally different and the deliberate targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure is central to the strategy.
After the failure in Gaza and Iran, the Israeli prime minister hopes he can be triumphant in Lebanon. Israel has been fighting with Hezbollah since 1982. Israel is demanding that Hezbollah, like Hamas, be "completely disarmed". According to anonymous Israeli army sources, this can only be possible if Lebanon and Gaza are completely occupied.
Five Israeli brigades are operating inside southern Lebanon, working with naval forces to destroy infrastructure linked to Hezbollah and block what Avichay Adraee describes as a direct threat to northern Israeli towns. The deployment raises the risk of a broader conflict with Hezbollah and increasing pressure on U.S. and allied interests across the region.
Despite the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel in Lebanon, Israel's army says it has attacked people there. The military said in the evening that they had entered Israeli-controlled territory and posed an immediate threat to Israeli soldiers. Lebanese security circles said that two Lebanese men had suspiciously approached an area in the south of the country that civilians are not allowed to enter. The Israeli military did not initially comment on either incident.
A 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took hold overnight. Thousands of displaced families are beginning the journey home. The latest Israel-Hezbollah war displaced more than a million people in Lebanon. The truce appeared to be largely holding overnight. In southern villages, a trickle of residents returned to flattened apartment blocks and streets littered with rubble.
There is a shaky ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, but it appears to hold. Displaced Lebanese residents are starting to return home after the ceasefire. Iran's pressure in its talks with the US brought the truce. Israel destroyed all the bridges over the Litani during the war, blowing up the one at Qasmiyeh.
The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing is a 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. On Sunday, for the first time since the Iran war, Israeli reporters were allowed by the Israel Defense Forces to enter southern Lebanon, in an escorted visit to the newly established security zone. The IDF is on high alert and ready to return to fighting in both Iran and Lebanon if the fragile ceasefires collapse or expire.