{"id":7061,"date":"2026-06-04T15:35:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/lebanons-latest-truce-what-is-different-from-the-april-agreement\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T15:35:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:35:36","slug":"lebanons-latest-truce-what-is-different-from-the-april-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/lebanons-latest-truce-what-is-different-from-the-april-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon\u2019s latest truce: What is different from the April agreement?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Israel and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/4\/israel-and-lebanon-agree-to-conditional-ceasefire\">Lebanese government<\/a> have agreed to implement a new US-mediated ceasefire, the Trump administration has said, despite Israel\u2019s defence minister insisting the military will continue operations in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, while Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Thursday that the ceasefire would come into force within 24 hours of approval by all concerned parties, Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem has dismissed the deal, labelling it a \u201csurrender and defeat\u201d.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/6\/4\/man-city-threaten-legal-action-against-real-madrid-following-haaland-claim\">Man City threatens legal action against Real Madrid following Haaland claim<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/4\/israels-smotrich-announces-plan-for-2162-homes-in-occupied-west-bank\">Israel\u2019s Smotrich announces plan for 2,162 homes in occupied West Bank<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/6\/4\/who-are-the-world-cup-golden-boot-favourites-mbappe-ronaldo-messi-kane\">Who are the Golden Boot favourites at World Cup 2026?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 4 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/4\/n-koreas-kim-jong-un-calls-for-exponential-expansion-of-nuclear-arsenal\">N Korea\u2019s Kim Jong Un calls for \u2018exponential\u2019 expansion of nuclear arsenal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The Trump administration announcement comes just weeks after a previous agreement to cease hostilities was supposedly reached on April 16. Since then, however, more than 600 people have been killed in Israeli strikes across Lebanon while Israel has expanded its military presence in the south of the country, now occupying about one-fifth of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The renewed diplomatic push also comes as Washington pursues parallel shuttle negotiations with Iran. Tehran, a close ally of Hezbollah, has made a ceasefire in Lebanon a condition for any broader agreement to end the war with the US and has repeatedly called for Israel to withdraw from southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s position was underlined when Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani said the baseline demand in Lebanon is for Israeli forces to withdraw to the positions they held before the start of the US-Israel war on Iran at the end of February \u2013 a demand that is not explicitly reflected in the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Iran and Hezbollah\u2019s responses to the US announcement, coupled with Israel\u2019s insistence that military operations will continue, have cast serious doubt on its viability. Critics of Israel\u2019s war on Lebanon also point to the April truce, which they say has completely failed to halt Israeli attacks or Israel\u2019s occupation of the south of the country.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-has-been-announced\">What has been announced?<\/h2>\n<p>According to the Trump administration, Israel and Lebanon have agreed to implement a ceasefire contingent on a \u201ccomplete cessation\u201d of Hezbollah fire and the evacuation of its fighters from the area south of the Litani River.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement also calls for the creation of \u201cpilot zones\u201d where Lebanese Armed Forces would take exclusive control \u201cto the exclusion of all non-state actors\u201d. The stated aim is to move towards a wider political and security agreement, including the dismantling of non-state armed groups and preventing their re-emergence.<\/p>\n<p>But Hezbollah was not party to the talks and has already rejected the agreement. Lebanon was represented by government diplomats, even though the Lebanese army is not a party to this conflict.<\/p>\n<p>According to the wording of the agreement, the parties are due to reconvene during the week of June 22 to continue diplomatic and security talks, with the US facilitating communications in the meantime. It remains unclear if that stage of the agreement will ever be reached.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4528035\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4528035\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/INTERACTIVE-Israel-south-lebanon-bint-jbeil-map-1777363494.png?quality=80\" alt=\"INTERACTIVE - Israel south lebanon bint jbeil map-1777363494\" data-interactive=\"true\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4528035\">[Al Jazeera]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"what-was-agreed-in-april\">What was agreed in April?<\/h2>\n<p>The April agreement used different language, saying Israel and Lebanon would implement a \u201ccessation of hostilities\u201d from April 16, and never actually used the word ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>It also included a clause allowing Israel to \u201ctake all necessary measures in self-defence, at any time, against planned, imminent or ongoing attacks\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>That clause does not appear in the new text, which could be interpreted as a small concession. That was until Israel Katz said Israel would continue its military operations in Lebanon regardless.<\/p>\n<p>The latest agreement also repeats Israel\u2019s longstanding demand that Hezbollah withdraw from south of the Litani River.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, there is one major glaring omission. While the text focuses heavily on Hezbollah\u2019s withdrawal from parts of southern Lebanon, it does not mention Israel\u2019s withdrawal from southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Lebanese journalist and analyst Souhayb Jawhar told Al Jazeera the agreement is defined as much by what it leaves out as by what it includes.<\/p>\n<p>The text, he said, focuses on Hezbollah\u2019s obligations and those of the Lebanese state: removing armed elements from south of the Litani and creating zones where the Lebanese army holds exclusive control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis point alone explains much of the scepticism within Hezbollah and its political environment,\u201d Jawhar told Al Jazeera. \u201cFrom the party\u2019s perspective, any agreement should include a clear ceasefire, an Israeli withdrawal, and a framework for addressing outstanding issues, rather than becoming a document focused primarily on restructuring Lebanon\u2019s internal security landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/INTERACTIVE-LEBANON-YELLOW-LINE_MAY31_2026_3-1780440840.png?quality=80\" alt=\"INTERACTIVE - LEBANON YELLOW LINE_MAY31_2026_3-1780440840\" data-interactive=\"true\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-else-is-different-this-time\">What else is different this time?<\/h2>\n<p>Other points of contention regarding the new agreement are the \u201cpilot zones\u201d, which appear to go beyond stopping the fighting and instead test a new security model in southern Lebanon \u2013 one that could eventually be expanded elsewhere, analysts say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is why many observers see these zones as the beginning of a gradual transition from a security environment in which Hezbollah played the dominant role to one in which the Lebanese state and its armed forces become the sole security authority,\u201d Jawhar said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the fate of the agreement may depend less on Lebanon-Israel talks than on the US-Iran track. If Washington and Tehran reach a wider understanding, the ceasefire in Lebanon will have a stronger chance of holding because both sides will have an interest in stabilising the Lebanese front.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf those negotiations stall or collapse, Lebanon could quickly return to being one of the main arenas of pressure and confrontation between the two sides,\u201d Jawhar added.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-is-the-situation-in-lebanon-now\">What is the situation in Lebanon now?<\/h2>\n<p>Southern Lebanon remained under heavy military pressure on Thursday, with Israeli strikes on Kafra and al-Mansouri in the southwest of the country. In the Bekaa Valley, one person was killed and four others wounded in an Israeli strike on Sohmor, according to Lebanon\u2019s state-run National News Agency (NNA).<\/p>\n<p>A separate strike hit Tell al-Aqareb, while further raids targeted Haddatha, Tibnin, Haris, and Harin. The NNA also reported more Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon as drones flew at low altitude over Beirut. In Maaroub, one person was killed and another wounded when Israeli forces targeted a motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli warplanes also struck towns and villages across the south, including Zawtar al-Sharqiya, Zawtar al-Gharbiya, Shoukin, Barachit, Srifa, Zibdin, Haris and Deir Zahrani. Jets and drones have also been flying over the south for much of the morning, including a drone seen at extremely low altitude over Tyre.<\/p>\n<p>Lebanon\u2019s Civil Defence authorities have warned people not to return south, citing the continued danger to civilian life in towns and villages across southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>More than 3,000 people have been killed, and more than one million have been forced from their homes since Israel renewed its assault on Lebanon in early March.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel and the Lebanese government have agreed to implement a new US-mediated ceasefire, the Trump administration has said, despite Israel\u2019s defence minister insisting the military will continue operations in Lebanon. 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