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There are moments in international affairs when language itself becomes part of the violence. Lebanon’s latest tragedy may be one of them.
More than 150 Israeli strikes reportedly hit southern Lebanon overnight, leaving dozens dead and hundreds injured. Entire neighbourhoods were shattered before sunrise. Families fled once again along roads already crowded by months of displacement. Yet this devastation unfolded beneath the vocabulary of a ‘ceasefire’ — a word that, in theory, should signify restraint, protection and a chance for diplomacy to breathe.
