{"id":343848,"date":"2026-06-01T03:10:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T21:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=343848"},"modified":"2026-06-01T03:10:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T21:40:32","slug":"israels-incursion-in-lebanon-could-complicate-iran-deal-what-to-know-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/israels-incursion-in-lebanon-could-complicate-iran-deal-what-to-know-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s incursion in Lebanon could complicate Iran deal. What to know – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Israeli forces are making their deepest incursion inside Lebanon since they withdrew from the country over a quarter-century ago, despite a nominal U.S.-brokered ceasefire and the primary direct talks between the countries in a long time.<\/p>\n

The Israeli advance presents a challenge within the emerging deal to increase the Iran war ceasefire as Tehran wants any agreement to finish fighting in Lebanon, too. Qatar called it a \u201cdangerous escalation.\u201d Germany\u2019s foreign minister said it was cause for serious concern, based on German press agency dpa. There was no comment by the US.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Israeli forces seized a symbolic fort in southern Lebanon that provides commanding views across Lebanon and into northern Israel. The last time they seized it, they held it for 18 years.<\/p>\n

Israel says it’s targeting the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group, which has a robust political presence in southern Lebanon and has launched hundreds of missiles and drones at Israeli soldiers there and in northern Israel.<\/p>\n

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Israel has warned Lebanese civilians across the south to evacuate or risk being within the line of fireside. Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Saturday accused Israel of \u201cimplementing a policy of total destruction of cities and towns.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over 3,300 people, including dozens of kids, have been killed in Lebanon for the reason that fighting began March 2, two days after the Iran war began. About 1 million people have been displaced. At the very least 25 Israeli soldiers and a defense contractor have been killed in Lebanon or northern Israel, together with two civilians in northern Israel.<\/p>\n

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Fort has been a military asset for nearly 1,000 years<\/h3>\n

Israeli forces seized Beaufort, also called Al-Shaqif, which was built as a Crusader castle across the twelfth century and later utilized by Saladin\u2019s Jerusalem army, Mamluks, Ottomans, the French mandate and the Palestinian Liberation Organization.<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who last week vowed to \u201cincrease the blows,\u201d noted that Beaufort is \u201can emblem of a heroic battle for our fighters\u201d but in addition \u201can emblem of deep division between us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The fort summons a way of victory over the Israeli military\u2019s seizure of it in 1982, nevertheless it also symbolizes the high price of defending it before it was handed over in 2000, said Orna Mizrahi, a former deputy director in the federal government\u2019s National Security Council.<\/p>\n

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The military\u2019s return looks like Israel is getting into circles, said Mizrahi, now a senior researcher on the Institute for National Security Studies. \u201cThere\u2019s a sense of, \u2018For what?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Israel likely will relinquish control eventually, she said, at the same time as Defense Minister Israel Katz vows to make Beaufort a part of Israel\u2019s everlasting security zone in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n

The military\u2019s presence won’t solve the problem with Hezbollah, Mizrahi said: \u201cYes, we’re damaging them within the operations, but in parallel we want to pursue a political and diplomatic solution.\u201d<\/p>\n

Israel sees a threat to its northern communities<\/h3>\n

Israel has long considered Hezbollah a threat. The Shiite Muslim armed group emerged in 1982 in response to an Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon. Hezbollah has targeted communities in northern Israel and joined the war in Gaza in 2023 in solidarity with the Palestinians.<\/p>\n

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Israel badly weakened Hezbollah during months of war. Fighting ended with a U.S.-brokered ceasefire in late 2024 after indirect talks, and Israeli forces withdrew except from five strategic hilltops along the border.<\/p>\n

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