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Source: https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/05/04/ceasefire-with-whom-israel-is-caught-in-a-lebanese-illusion/
Israel's Security Reality in Lebanon
(Israel Hayom) Zvika Haimovich - The ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese government is significant, except that the war Israel is waging is against Hizbullah, with whom no ceasefire agreement was reached. Israel is deployed in a buffer zone 3 to 8 km. inside Lebanese territory, with freedom of action to operate and respond in southern Lebanon up to the Litani River. The restrictions on Israeli operations north of the Litani prevent it from responding in Hizbullah's core areas in the Dahiyeh district of Beirut or in the Beqaa Valley. This leaves the IDF in a position where it is unable to take real action that produces a meaningful change in reality. The IDF is using this time to destroy the infrastructure in the area it has seized in the manner it has done in Gaza, meaning the destruction of the entire built-up area adjacent to the border.