U.S.-Brokered Israel–Lebanon Truce Extended 45 Days as Strikes Hit South Lebanon

Overview

• U.S. officials announced Friday a 45-day extension of the April 17 ceasefire, with military delegations due at the Pentagon on May 29 and a follow-up political round on June 2–3.
• Israeli forces struck targets tied to Hezbollah in and around Tyre late Friday, widened attacks to Nabatiyeh and Saida on Saturday, and hit parts of the Bekaa and the south again Sunday after ordering new evacuations.
• Hezbollah said it carried out drone attacks on an Israeli base in the north and it rejects negotiating its disarmament in Washington.
• Lebanese authorities report close to 3,000 people killed since March, including more than 400 during the truce period, while Israel says 21 of its service members and contractors have died in the Lebanon fighting.
• Parallel moves — the U.S. arrest of Iraqi militia commander Mohammed Baqer Saad Dawood Al‑Saadi and Israel’s confirmed killing of Hamas military leader Ezzedine al‑Haddad — have heightened fears of a broader regional flare-up.