Arieh Kovler

There may soon be peace in Lebanon

The damanged southern Lebanese border village of Aita al-Shaab (Getty Images)

If the leaks and briefings are to be believed, Israel is getting ready to end its war in Lebanon. With the US pushing hard, and after a successful military campaign, reports say that Israeli leaders are looking to make a deal. Lebanese Hezbollah joined Hama’s war against Israel on 8 October, 2023; around 100,000 Israeli civilians have evacuated the border area.

Almost immediately after Israeli troops moved into the Gaza Strip, determined to oust Hamas and release the hostages captured on 7 October, there were negotiations, brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the USA, to try and reach some kind of deal that would free the hostages and end the war. Apart from a brief ceasefire in December, that deal is still being unsuccessfully negotiated today.

There are signs that Hezbollah, with its new leadership is preparing for some sort of agreement

Negotiations between Israel and Hezbollah have also been going on for months, led by the Biden administration.

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