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Going Over the Brink: How Hizballah’s Risk Strategy Made Lebanon Impossible to Ignore
When the United States and Iran announced their framework agreement on June 15, attention focused on the direct U.S.-Iran dimensions of the deal, including the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the lifting of the U.S. naval blockade, and the fate of Iran’s nuclear program. But the agreement also included a commitment to the “immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon.” Washington had spent months treating Lebanon as a separate issue in negotiations, even as the Israel-Hizballah conflict remained active under a nominal ceasefire in place since April 16.It was ultimately this second front that The post Going Over the Brink: How Hizballah’s Risk Strategy Made Lebanon Impossible to Ignore appeared first on War on the Rocks.
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· Jul 7, 2026
As its deal with Israel stalls, Lebanon fears being stuck in same limbo as Gaza
While the frustrated Lebanese leadership is escalating its rhetoric against Israel and Hezbollah largely refrains from action, the IDF continues its targeted operations, raising the Lebanese's concern that the seemingly temporary reality will become a permanent one
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· Jul 5, 2026
The Growing Daylight Between Netanyahu and Trump
After the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, when Israel was at its most vulnerable and became consumed with trying to reassert its power, its leaders set the bar for success impossibly high: invincibility. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talked about “total victory” and proceeded to unleash a campaign that destroyed Gaza. He then moved on []
Sweden Herald
· Jun 23, 2026
New Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon - violation of the ceasefire
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· Jul 3, 2026
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Yemen News Agency - SABA
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Lebanese Resistance: Israeli targeting of civilians violates ceasefire
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