Israel must end the dangerous illusion of deterrence on the northern border – editorial
While Israelis were told that deterrence had been restored after airstrikes on Hezbollah and that Hezbollah understood the price of escalation, the reality in the North tells a different story.

Since the ceasefire between the US, Israel, and Iran was announced on April 8, 11 Israeli soldiers have been killed in Lebanon. Eleven. That number alone should be enough to force a national reckoning about what exactly Israel believes is happening on its northern border.
Netanyahu vows to ‘wipe out’ Hezbollah as Israeli strikes intensify in southern Lebanon
Netanyahu has said that Israel will ramp up attacks against Hezbollah, despite the recent “ceasefire” extension agreed to between Lebanese and Israeli officials.
“We will wipe them out completely,” he said in a statement.
Al Jazeera’s correspondent in southern Lebanon, Obaida Hitto, said that, at this point, the ceasefire is just “ink on paper”.
Proposed deal will include Iran committing to never having nukes and surrendering its uranium




















