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“What is your exact proposal? You’re a country of nine million people. You can’t just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem that you have.” That was Vice President JD Vance, in an interview with the New York Times, questioning whether Israel has incentives to let the new US-Iran agreement go through. The remark came as a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah broke down almost immediately after it was renewed, threatening the broader US-Iran framework aimed at stabilizing the region and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

Ceasefire Collapses, Fighting Intensifies

Hours after Israel and Hezbollah agreed to renew a ceasefire, Israeli airstrikes hit Lebanon on Friday and Saturday, killing at least 55 people, including 12 children, mostly in southern Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley. Hezbollah retaliated, killing four Israeli soldiers as Israeli forces pushed deeper into Lebanese territory, attempting to seize a strategic Hezbollah position. Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that Israeli forces are destroying Lebanese border villages, including infrastructure, to prevent the return of 200,000 displaced residents. On the ground, NPR’s Jane Arraf described the destruction in Nabatieh, where the historic Ottoman-era market is heavily damaged. She met resident Najib Ayad, who returned briefly to his apartment to find part of the building collapsed and rubb