As Israel zeros in on Hezbollah, Saudis and Trump turn to an anti-Iran axis

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pressured Trump to impose a cease-fire with Hezbollah and is now striving to influence the Israel-Lebanon talks, which Jerusalem feels it's being forced into

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pressured Trump to impose a cease-fire with Hezbollah and is now striving to influence the Israel-Lebanon talks, which Jerusalem feels it's being forced into

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Zvi Bar'el

10:22 PM • April 24 2026 IDT

The Lebanese cease-fire is starting to resemble the one signed in November 2024. Hezbollah's firing at Israeli forces at home and into Israel is countered and accompanied by threats from Jerusalem about "the imminent collapse of the cease-fire" and "Israeli military preparedness for a possible resumption of the war."

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