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Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Deal Shaky as Hezbollah Rejects Terms

Is Israel contravening the ceasefire or is Hezbollah the one undermining any chance of peace?

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Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Deal Shaky as Hezbollah Rejects Terms

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Above: Security forces on the coastal road in Khalde, near Beirut, on June 3. Image credit: Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu/Getty Images

The Spin

Anti-Israel narrative

Israel's refusal to fully honor the ceasefire — continuing strikes, blocking displaced Lebanese from returning home and maintaining occupation of southern Lebanon — makes any deal hollow. Hezbollah never agreed to the terms, and Israel's far-right ministers are already calling it a mistake. Israel is using a diplomatic framework as cover to keep fighting.

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Pro-Israel narrative

Hezbollah has fired over 5,500 rockets at IDF troops and 2,500 at Israel since March, and a senior Hezbollah official flatly rejected a partial ceasefire before the ink was even dry. The April truce already collapsed because Hezbollah never stopped attacking. Any framework that doesn't force Hezbollah out of southern Lebanon and dismantle its infrastructure is just giving Iran's proxy time to rearm.

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