Mark Halperin

One for sure is what's going on in Lebanon, where there is now, as there has been for a lot of the last many years, clashes between the Israelis and Hezbollah based in Lebanon, a proxy for Iran.

What's happening with those clashes is causing some of the confusion.

And then what's happening with the straight is causing confusion.

And then some of the disagreements that have long existed between the two sides.

So I'm going to run through with you some of the areas of confusion, all of which are confusing to many of my sources and all of which add up to the reason why we have a fog of ceasefire.

First is, let me just show you a newscast.

This is from Israel.

It's S5, please.

It just shows you how the current state of affairs is being framed.

S5, please.

So somehow the agreement to have a ceasefire for two weeks and to me seem to have not covered this question of what happens if Israel keeps going as they had been before the ceasefire against Hezbollah.

And Hezbollah keeps firing at Israel.

You know, the ambiguity continues to exist.

Benjamin Netanyahu in the United States said, no, Lebanon's not included.

Israel's not in violation of the ceasefire if they continue to go after Hezbollah.

Hezbollah keeps firing at Israel, as they have for many years, and apparently Iran's less troubled by that.

But the Iranians say, well, we can't show up for the negotiations as long as Israel's hitting Lebanon.

And the U.S.

said, well, maybe there's some confusion here.

Maybe this is just a good faith mistake.