May 7, 2026 | The Dispatch
The Final Lebanon War?
A security zone in southern Lebanon could help Israel degrade Hezbollah faster than it can recover.
May 7, 2026 | The Dispatch
The Final Lebanon War?
A security zone in southern Lebanon could help Israel degrade Hezbollah faster than it can recover.
Excerpt
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that peace between Israel and Lebanon is “imminently achievable”—if Beirut can finally confront Hezbollah. But even as Washington presses the two governments toward unprecedented security understandings, Israel and Hezbollah continue to trade fire in southern Lebanon.
The ceasefire declared by President Donald Trump on April 16, and then extended on April 23, now hangs in the balance.
David Daoud is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, where Jonathan Schanzer is the executive director.