To eradicate Hezbollah, we would need to occupy all of Lebanon, which is simply unrealistic. The only way to disarm the organization is through diplomacyEhud Barak05:31 AM • June 08 2026 IDTThe situation in Lebanon and the communities in northern Israel is deteriorating. Public leaders cry out with all their heart, "We are ready to be tested and make the sacrifice, but give us your back. It's your job and your duty!" Residents in the north are being deceived by a heartless government that has surrendered again and again to blackmail by the ultra-Orthodox and the prioritization of settlements in the West Bank. Based on their experience, they know that even the 13 billion shekels ($4.5 billion) they were promised last week are written in water.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Benjamin NetanyahuEhud BarakHezbollahLebanonIDFCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesTerror AttackWest BankGulfLebanonGermany-IsraelRachel Goldberg-PolinHaQuizHaaretz PodcastNeither Military Pressure nor Flattening Southern Lebanon Can Topple HezbollahA Criminal for a Justice MinisterEuropean Foreign Ministers to Discuss EU-wide Sanctions on Ben-GvirHome Front Command: School Canceled Nationwide; Hospitals to Operate UndergroundIsrael Strikes Iran Despite Trump Saying He Told Netanyahu Not to RetaliateRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMI'We Were Ordered to Kill': The 1967 Nakba That Israelis Don't Know About'Israel Is Unstoppable, We Need Other Countries to Get Us Out of This''Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report SaysThe Paradigm That Led to Oct. 7 Didn't Collapse, It Was Fiction From the StartHow the U.S. Air Force Is Turning Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport Into Its Own BaseManufactured Nostalgia for Lebanon's Beaufort Masks a Strategic Failure