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Unconfirmed news has been spreading in Lebanon that Tel Aviv asked the Lebanese government to disband Hezbollah and designate it as a terrorist organization — both its political and military wings — after the group on Monday launched missiles into Israel. It threatened to target key facilities and infrastructure if Lebanon refused. The government rushed to ban the group’s military activities, yet still the Israeli military invaded. This is a repeat of 1982.
Israel has, for some time, been preparing the ground for a civil war in Lebanon. A civil war would make an Israeli invasion much easier, especially if Israel sides with one of the factions. To start with, Israel placed very harsh conditions on Lebanon during the ceasefire negotiations in 2024. Even before negotiating, Israel set the pace for internal discord. Lebanon and Israel announced the ceasefire on Nov. 27, 2024. Since then, Israel has broken it more than 10,000 times. At the same time, Israel and the US refused to give Lebanon or Hezbollah any guarantees.
Tel Aviv has demanded Hezbollah be disarmed, yet it did not commit to stopping the raids on Lebanon if it did so. This created a lot of tension in Lebanon, which was Israel’s intention. Hezbollah’s opponents kept on pushing the group to disarm. However, its arms — or whatever is left of them — are the group’s only bargaining chip.
