Despite the U.S.-Iran front heating up, the president still refuses to let Israel launch a large-scale campaign against Hezbollah. But to fulfill Israel's wishes of dismantling the group without such an operation would require significant aid to the currently incompetent Lebanese Army
Despite the U.S.-Iran front heating up, the president still refuses to let Israel launch a large-scale campaign against Hezbollah. But to fulfill Israel's wishes of dismantling the group without such an operation would require significant aid to the currently incompetent Lebanese Army
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10:47 AM • May 02 2026 IDT
The exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah are still taking place under the restrictions imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, who has dictated both geographic and quantitative limits for Israeli action in Lebanon.
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