IDF strikes suspects as Hezbollah returns to southern Lebanon villages

A pilot program in southern Lebanon, where the Lebanese army was to control areas vacated by the IDF, has failed as Hezbollah reactivates civilian organizations and returns to villages. The IDF has resumed strikes on suspects, and political talks on a monitoring mechanism remain stalled.

More than a hundred days after the IDF transferred control of three villages in southern Lebanon to the Lebanese army, it turns out that the pilot is failing to prevent Hezbollah's return. Hezbollah is gradually returning to the evacuated villages, reactivating civilian mechanisms such as the Islamic Health Organization and the "Wa'ta'awunu" association, and re-establishing its influence among the local population. The IDF attacked suspects who approached the forces, killing a medical team member from the Amal Islamic Scout organization. Talks on the oversight mechanism for the arrangement are stalled, and in Israel they point out that the Lebanese army is not conducting sufficient searches. Hezbollah is exploiting the period to rebuild military capabilities, but its situation is the worst in years. The article notes that the political uncertainty in Israel and the US makes decision-making difficult.