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On May 6, 2026, Israel struck Beirut's southern suburbs for the first time since the April 17 ceasefire, killing senior Hezbollah Radwan Force commander Malek Ballout. The strike, which both sides describe as a turning point, exposes the fragility of a U.S.-brokered truce already undermined by hundreds of casualties and mutual accusations of violations, and raises questions about whether a country on the edge of state failure can survive a return to full-scale war.