Israel forced Hezbollah to cease fire by bombing civilians, not as they announced that they would defeat Hezbollah and drive them out of southern Lebanon with military force.
The CEASEFIRE agreement has been APPROVED by Israel and Hezbollah. It should be effective in the coming hours.
Why did both sides agree?
Israel agreed because it failed to achieve its objectives in the Lebanon campaign and push Hezbollah across the Litani River.
Israel actually failed to capture a single major settlement, despite losing over 60 Merkava tanks and a large number of military personnel.
Israel has by no means succeeded in returning the displaced in the North. It practically lost this battle despite the fact that they had the full support of the USA, UK, France and Germany, with all kinds of weapons, money and special units
But what managed to get Hezbollah to accept a ceasefire was Israel's constant bombing and massacre of civilians and destroying civilian buildings across Lebanon.
Pressure on Hezbollah inside Lebanon began to grow. Hezbollah did not have rockets with the destructive power like those of US that Israel used, so from here Hezbollah could not retaliate with the same measure and stop Israel from bombing civilian infrastructure, so Hezbollah failed to protect the civilian population.
In practice, Israel forced Hezbollah to cease fire by bombing civilians, not as they announced that they would defeat Hezbollah and drive them out of southern Lebanon with military force.
posted by Satish Sharma at
05:06
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