Anonymous9 days ago
Israel and Lebanon signed a US-brokered joint statement on June 3, 2026, agreeing to implement a conditional ceasefire requiring Hezbollah to withdraw south of the Litani River and dismantle its infrastructure, but Hezbollah immediately rejected the deal as "a roadmap to annihilate part of the Lebanese people." The rejection — the third failed ceasefire attempt since November 2024 — exposes deep fractures between the Lebanese state and its most powerful armed faction, while more than 1.2 million civilians remain displaced and Israeli forces occupy roughly 2,000 square kilometers of Lebanese territory, nearly one-fifth of the country.