The US has dispatched a diplomatic team to Beirut in an effort to shore up the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
What’s happening on the ground
A 10-day truce that began on April 16, 2026 was followed by a series of extensions through May and June.
US-led trilateral meetings involving Israeli and Lebanese officials in June produced a ceasefire framework with a clear condition: Hezbollah would need to cease fire and evacuate its operatives from the area south of the Litani River. The Lebanese Armed Forces would then take control of designated “pilot zones” in that sector.
Hezbollah rejected the US-brokered framework from June 3-4, demanding a full Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory as a precondition.
