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Lebanese Ask, ‘What Cease-Fire?’ as Violence Simmers in the South
The fragile truce in Lebanon was extended after talks in Washington this week but has since come under threat as both Israel and Hezbollah have traded attacks.
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A mass funeral in Ramadiyeh, Lebanon, on Friday, mourning those killed in recent weeks in the war with Israel.
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Abdi Latif Dahir
Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon
April 25, 2026,
7:27 a.m. ET
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President Trump’s announcement on Thursday of a three-week extension to the cease-fire in Lebanon preserved a much-needed pause in a war that has killed nearly 2,500 people, displaced hundreds of thousands more, and destroyed homes, bridges and basic infrastructure.
The cease-fire has proved fragile. Though the large-scale Israeli bombing of recent weeks has halted, hostilities have simmered in persistent, lower-level violence between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
Neither Israel nor Lebanon,
despite having engaged in rare diplomatic talks in Washington
, has commented publicly on the cease-fire extension. Hezbollah, which was not directly involved in the U.S.-mediated talks, has signaled that it would reluctantly abide by the truce, so long as Israel does.
The continued violence and the grudging acceptance of terms, analysts say, suggest the deal falls short of a true cease-fire and is vulnerable to unraveling altogether.
“This is not so much a cease-fire as a limited de-escalation,” said David Wood, a senior Lebanon analyst at the International Crisis Group, a conflict-prevention research organization.
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Smoke after Israeli strikes in Khiam, Lebanon, on Saturday.
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