Lebanon, 6-4-26

NOTE: More computer strangeness. Two of the items below have been mysteriously “peopled” by head-and-shoulder silhouettes that I haven’t been able to delete. Sophisticated hacking? If so, how and by whom? And why?
Links to SEVEN reports: from the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, the Cradle, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for UKRAINE, IRAN and MEDIA, and down for LEBANON 6-3-26.) — MCM

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Hezbollah rejects latest ceasefire agreement as Israeli strikes kill 4 in Lebanon, by Bassem Mroue, Jon Gambrell and Sam Metz | AP  BEIRUT — Hezbollah today rejected the latest ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and the Lebanese government, and the militant group demanded a complete Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon as continued fighting there hampered moves to end the Iran war. This as Israeli strikes killed at least four people, according to local authorities, and a UN peacekeeper was killed in the crossfire. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.  Click HERE and HERE for reports from Middle East Eye and the Cradle.

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Israeli war chief vows continued strikes on Lebanon as part of ‘conditional’ truce. From the Cradle. Israeli War Minister Israel Katz today vowed that Tel Aviv will continue attacking Lebanon and that any truce is conditional on Hezbollah’s withdrawal from the south Litani area, after Beirut announced its acceptance of a framework allowing continued attacks on its country. READ MORE . . .

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Lebanese PM says army to start deploying in ‘pilot zones’ in south. From Mddle East Eye. Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said today that the army would begin deploying in “pilot zones” in the country’s south, a day after Israel and Lebanon agreed in Washington to implement a ceasefire. READ MORE . . .

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The deal between Israel and Lebanon extending their shaky ceasefire, by Kareem Chehayeb and Elena Becatoros | AP  BEIRUT — Israel and Lebanon have agreed to renew their shaky ceasefire in a U.S.-brokered agreement, with an aim to continue talks later this month for a comprehensive peace deal. READ MORE . . .
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Trump and Netanyahu at odds after heated call over Israel’s offensive into Lebanon. Reported by Greg Myre and Leila Fadel | NPR  President Trump admits to calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “crazy” during a tense and heated phone call over Israel’s offensive into Lebanon. How strained is their relationship? Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Israel and Lebanon agree to a ceasefire. Could it affect U.S.-Iran negotiations? Reported by President Trump is demanding that Israel’s prime minister end the incursion into Lebanon. Danny Citrinowicz of the Institute for National Security Studies shares his view. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Trump and Netanyahu at odds after heated call over Israel’s offensive into Lebanon. Reported by Greg Myre and Leila Fadel | NPR  President Trump admits to calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “crazy” during a tense and heated phone call over Israel’s offensive into Lebanon. How strained is their relationship? Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Israel and Lebanon agree to a ceasefire. Could it affect U.S.-Iran negotiations? Reported by President Trump is demanding that Israel’s prime minister end the incursion into Lebanon. Danny Citrinowicz of the Institute for National Security Studies shares his view. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Trump and Netanyahu at odds after heated call over Israel’s offensive into Lebanon. Reported by Greg Myre and Leila Fadel | NPR  President Trump admits to calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “crazy” during a tense and heated phone call over Israel’s offensive into Lebanon. How strained is their relationship? Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Israel and Lebanon agree to a ceasefire. Could it affect U.S.-Iran negotiations? Reported by President Trump is demanding that Israel’s prime minister end the incursion into Lebanon. Danny Citrinowicz of the Institute for National Security Studies shares his view. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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