Lebanon's Ceasefire Deal Demands Hezbollah Dismantling
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- Lebanon's electricity grid supplies only a few hours per day and its currency has collapsed, prompting citizens to use dollars.
- Hezbollah is the most powerful non‑state militia in Lebanon, representing many Shia Muslims and standing as the country's second‑most‑powerful force after the army.
- United States and Israel, along with many Lebanese citizens, are pressuring the Lebanese government to confront Hezbollah, a move that could spark a new civil war.
- Ceasefire agreement requires Lebanon to gradually retake control of its territory while disarming and dismantling Hezbollah, a plan first tried after the 2024 war.
- Israel struck the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on May 23, underscoring the ongoing hostilities that frame the ceasefire talks.
Why it matters: Lebanon's already crippled state—hours of electricity, a collapsed currency—now faces a decisive test as U.S. and Israeli pressure to dismantle Hezbollah risks igniting a civil war, endangering the country's fragile stability and the daily lives of its people for its future.
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