Current sectionMiddle East NewsLebanon News Analysis The cost of Israeli deployment in Lebanon rises while its rationale fades: more IDF soldiers are being killed in the line of duty, and a cease-fire does little to stop it. Meanwhile, Iran hopes to exploit Hezbollah in an effort to link the war frontsShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe01:57 PM • June 20 2026 IDTOn Friday afternoon, after another difficult night in which four IDF soldiers were killed and five wounded in two incidents in southern Lebanon, the U.S. administration announced yet another cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah. CommentsIn the NewsFirst Suspected Ebola Case in Israel Transferred to IsolationAfter Being Shot by a Settler, a Disabled Palestinian Is Labelled a 'Terrorist'IDF Strikes in South Lebanon Kill 16, 12 Wounded a Day After Cease-fireThey're Living the American Dream. So What's Missing for Israelis in Boston?IDF Strikes in Gaza City Kill Four, Including Two ChildrenRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHumiliated by Trump on the Iran Front, Netanyahu May Set the Middle East AblazeIsrael Is Conducting a Systematic Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank'Once-in-a-lifetime Discovery': 1,700-year-old Roman Busts Found in IsraelTrump and Netanyahu Hurtling Toward a Rupture That Could Shock U.S.-Israel TiesNetanyahu's Mouthpieces Turn on Trump, Revealing a Deeper Israeli IngratitudeIsrael Is Bleeding Support in U.S. and Pouring Tens of Millions to Change That