Marion McKeone: Another ceasefire, another dead end on Lebanon’s long road to peace

As violence intensifies, questions grow over Western inaction, sanctions and the future of Lebanon’s fragile democracy

The aftermath of an Israeli strike in Tyre, southern Lebanon. Picture: Kawnat Haju / AFP via Getty Images

That the latest before the ink was dry will come as little surprise. 

The agreement, announced after four rounds of US mediated talks between Israel and Lebanon, stipulated Hezbollah would stop attacking Israel and would be banned from pilot ‘security zones’ in its southern stronghold, which would be run by the Lebanese Armed Forces. Hezbollah, not a party to the Washington talks, rejected the deal outright.