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Israel-Lebanon Conflict Escalates Amid Longstanding Tensions

3/31/2026

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Nadim Houry warns that Israel's conflict has moved beyond Hezbollah into a broader war on Lebanon.
He describes the escalation as military and grounded in decades of unresolved tensions.
Houry says Israel relies on territorial control and coercive force, yet this approach has failed to secure lasting peace.
The Lebanese state aims to regain arms control and establish a state-to-state framework based on the 1949 armistice.

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Nadim Houry warns that Israel's conflict has moved beyond Hezbollah into a broader war on Lebanon.
He describes the escalation as military and grounded in decades of unresolved tensions.
Houry says Israel relies on territorial control and coercive force, yet this approach has failed to secure lasting peace.
The Lebanese state aims to regain arms control and establish a state-to-state framework based on the 1949 armistice.