It has only lasted a few hours on one of the most sensitive fronts of the conflict.
Hezbollah announced new attacks against Israel at dawn, in what represents the first armed movement since the beginning of the temporary truce. A gesture that reopens tension and shows that the war is far from being completely frozen.
An agreement with cracks from the beginning
The key is the real scope of the ceasefire.
While Washington and Tehran agreed to a two-week truce, mediated by Pakistan, doubts arose about whether that agreement also included the Lebanese front.
At first, Islamabad assured that it was. But both the United States and Israel were quick to deny it, arguing that it is a separate conflict.
That’s where the fracture breaks out.
Hezbollah responds with attacks
The Lebanese Shiite group, an ally of Iran, has made its position clear.
It accuses Israel of having violated the ceasefire and justifies its offensive as a direct response to that supposed rupture. “We will continue to defend Lebanon and its people,” they have stated, ensuring that their actions will continue as long as what they describe as “American-Israeli aggression” persists.
According to Israeli media, the attacks have been detected in the north of the country, with impacts in areas such as Al-Manar.
“We do comply”
Hezbollah insists that it did initially respect the truce.
The group claims that it committed to cessation of hostilities, but that Israel did not do the same. A story that clashes head-on with the Tel Aviv version, which never included this front in the agreement.
Two opposite interpretations of the same pact. The attack does not come cold. Just one day earlier, Israel had launched its most intense offensive on Lebanon since the start of the conflict, with bombings that left more than 250 dead in a single day.
Tel Aviv justified the operation by claiming that Hezbollah was moving into civilian areas in Beirut, which would have turned those neighborhoods into military objectives.
But the response from the Shiite group did not take long to arrive.
A conflict that does not stop
Since February 28, when Hezbollah attacked Israel in response to Washington and Tel Aviv’s joint offensive on Iran, the Lebanese front has not stopped escalating.
The Israeli offensive has already caused more than 1,700 deaths, in a conflict that has been expanding in intensity and scope.
What happened leaves a clear conclusion. The ceasefire between the United States and Iran has failed to stop all fronts. And that of Lebanon, far from cooling down, is reactivating with force.
Because while some talk about a truce… others claim that it never existed.
