Natalie Kitcheleff

But when will Israel feel it has done enough on that front?

Unlikely.

This buffer zone requires Israel occupying part of Lebanon's territory, right?

Lebanese land.

The implication, of course, is that Israel plans or some Israeli officials would like to see real massive destruction in parts of Lebanon continue.

Okay, so it seems very clear why Israel is so invested in this.

I want to talk now about Iran and why Iran is digging in over this and threatening to hold up the straight over these Israeli attacks.

Ronan, is it just because Hezbollah has been such an important proxy for them in the region for so long?

All right.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say this all sounds like a very difficult situation to resolve.

Mark, I want to turn back to you and ask, given this history, what would a path to a resolution even look like here?

When we've talked in the past, guys, you've both said that while a lot of people view Netanyahu as having a certain amount of sway over Trump, you've made it clear that Netanyahu does fear Trump.

He does acquiesce to his demands.

So can't Trump force Israel to stop carrying out strikes that are threatening this truce?

I guess my question is, who is actually in charge here?

So should we assume based on that that Trump has not actually pulled that ultimate lever yet?

I want to just end by taking us back to the beginning of this war, when Trump decided to do something that no American president had ever agreed to before, which was teaming up with Israel to go to war with Iran.

We're now in a situation where it's unclear whether the two countries that got into this war together are actually on the same page about getting out of it.

And I just want to ask, is this just the inevitable result of getting into a joint war with a partner that doesn't share your long-term goals?

And so this thing keeps going on.