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Escalating Clashes Test Newly Extended Israel-Lebanon Truce
The U.S.-mediated cease-fire halted an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah, but their intensifying attacks on each other could put the truce at risk.
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A disabled ambulance sat amid rubble from an Israeli strike on Nabatieh, Lebanon, earlier this week. Strikes by both Israel and Hezbollah diminished since a cease-fire began last week, but clashes have intensified in recent days.
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Euan Ward
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Sarah Chaayto
Reporting from Beirut and Qana, Lebanon.
April 24, 2026,
12:38 p.m. ET
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Clashes between Israel and Hezbollah intensified on Friday despite a newly extended cease-fire announced just the day before. The fighting cast doubt on the truce as Lebanon and Israel prepare for higher-level peace negotiations.
President Trump announced the three-week extension of the cease-fire on Thursday after hosting Israeli and Lebanese diplomats at the White House. Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed group Israel is targeting, is not part of the U.S.-mediated talks, but it has signaled it intends to abide by the cease-fire if Israel does the same.
The conflict has killed roughly 2,500 people in Lebanon. Two civilians were also killed in Israel, along with 15 soldiers.
Israel and Hezbollah’s strikes have fallen significantly since the original cease-fire was announced last week, although both sides have repeatedly exchanged fire — raising fears that the truce could collapse again into an all-out war.
“Cease-fire? What cease-fire while drones are still hovering above us? What cease-fire while we are still losing our men and our loved ones?” said Fatima al-Masri, 49, who was in the southern Lebanese town of Qana on Friday visiting the grave of her husband, an emergency worker killed in the conflict.
“We want this war to be over,” she said.
The latest conflict began last month when Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel in support of Iran, triggering a large-scale Israel bombing campaign and ground invasion of southern Lebanon. Israeli forces are still deployed in a broad section of the country’s south, which Israeli officials have said they plan to occupy indefinitely.
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