A flare dropped by the Israeli army above the village of Arnoun, in southern Lebanon, on May 13, 2026. Photo AFP
While direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel opened Thursday in Washington under the auspices of the Trump administration, a few days earlier, Israeli troops on the ground made unprecedented advances in South Lebanon where they imposed a “buffer zone” on nearly 6% of the Lebanese territory: they thus crossed the Litani River towards the north, and even crossed the “yellow line” which demarcates this area, reaching the outskirts of localities where Hezbollah is located, in the region of Nabatiyé. Presented by Israel as a “secret” operation which made it possible to establish “operational control” of the area, these occasional advances were disclosed on Tuesday, while the theoretical ceasefire since March 17 with Hezbollah continues to be raped daily by both camps. How…
While direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel opened Thursday in Washington under the auspices of the Trump administration, a few days earlier, Israeli troops on the ground made unprecedented advances in South Lebanon where they imposed a “buffer zone” on nearly 6% of the Lebanese territory: they thus crossed the Litani River towards the north, and even crossed the “yellow line” which demarcates this area, reaching the outskirts of localities where Hezbollah is located, in the region of Nabatiyé. Presented by Israel as a “secret” operation which made it possible to establish “operational control” of the area, these occasional advances were disclosed on Tuesday, while the theoretical ceasefire since March 17 with Hezbollah continues to be raped…
