Israel and Hizbullah strike a fragile deal to end their war
Joe Biden’s last roll of the dice on peace in the Middle East
IT HARDLY LOOKED as if a truce was imminent. The afternoon of November 26th saw Israel launch dozens of air strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, some of the heaviest bombardment this year. Then the Israeli army told people to evacuate the heart of the Lebanese capital, an area where Hizbullah, a Shia militia, has no armed presence. Traffic jams stretched for kilometres as panicked residents fled.
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