Netanyahu eyes ‘total victory’ after ceasefire deal
After successfully crippling Hezbollah, Israel’s prime minister finally agreed a ceasefire in Lebanon and will now turn his full attention back to Gaza.
People in Beirut watch Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announce a ceasefire on TV. Getty
Israeli military achievements that delivered a crushing blow to Hezbollah. Reservists worn out by more than a year of fighting. Stores of arms beginning to dwindle. Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
Many factors fed into Benjamin Netanyahu’s eventual decision to take up a US-brokered ceasefire and stop Israel’s offensive in Lebanon. His war aims against Hezbollah were also always more modest than the “total victory” he has sought against Hamas in Gaza.
