Israeli strikes intensify as Hezbollah drone attacks strain U.S.-backed Lebanon ceasefire

Along the southern edge of Lebanon, a ceasefire built on American diplomacy and regional exhaustion is being tested by the oldest logic of armed conflict: action and retaliation, each feeding the next. Israeli forces have intensified strikes in response to Hezbollah drone attacks, and the agreement meant to hold the two apart grows more fragile with each exchange. Lebanon — already worn down by war, economic ruin, and displacement — finds itself once again at the mercy of a cycle neither its people chose nor its government can easily stop. Whether the architecture of this peace can survive its