Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityAnalysis For now, it seems that the Trump administration has succeeded in imposing a cease-fire in Lebanon and Israeli forces have been instructed to hold their fire - except in the event of a direct threat from HezbollahShare 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 formatSubscribeAmos Harel06:01 AM • June 23 2026 IDTFor now, it seems that the Trump administration has succeeded in imposing a cease-fire in Lebanon. The Israel Defense Forces and Hezbollah have stopped attacking each other, the IDF has somewhat drawn down its forces in southern Lebanon and the Home Front Command has lifted some of the civil defense directives along the northern border.Loading...CommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesIranKeir StarmerLebanon EisenkotNetanyahuAlan GreespanHaQuizHaaretz PodcastReverting to Type, Netanyahu Misleads Israelis and Trump Sells Out U.S. AlliesDual U.S.-Israeli Citizen Arraigned on Federal Hate Crime Charges in FloridaPalestinian Report: Israeli Settlers Raid Village Near Ramallah, Damage VehiclesWe're Still Afraid of Israeli-Palestinian EmpathyIt May Take Another Former IDF Chief to Defeat the Political Genius of NetanyahuRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIsrael Is Conducting a Systematic Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing in the West BankWhere Does Andy Burnham Stand on Israel and Palestine?Netanyahu's Mouthpieces Turn on Trump, Revealing a Deeper Israeli IngratitudeIsrael Is Bleeding Support in U.S. and Pouring Tens of Millions to Change ThatReport: Netanyahu 'Likely' to Sabotage Iran Deal, U.S. Officials Tell TrumpTrump's Iran Deal Castrates Netanyahu, but It's Still Catastrophic for Israel