PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 17th, 2025: Israel's Ceasefire With Hezbollah Risks Collapse & US Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban
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What is the current situation with Israel's ceasefire agreement?
As momentum builds behind finalizing the breakthrough ceasefire agreement in Gaza, advisors to President-elect Donald Trump have reportedly warned Israel not to let their fragile truce with Hezbollah in Lebanon collapse. The warning comes as senior Israeli officials have indicated in recent days that the Israeli military will remain in southern Lebanon beyond the current 60-day ceasefire. Leaders in Jerusalem have been highly critical of the Lebanese army, saying they're not moving fast enough to deploy their forces to a buffer zone along their border with Israel, according to an exclusive report from the Jerusalem Post. The remarks have raised concerns in Washington and within Trump's transition team, particularly given the fact negotiators just finalized a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, something that took some 15 months of bloody conflict to achieve.
Trump's senior national security advisors reportedly conveyed their warning earlier this week, simply telling Jerusalem, quote, we don't want the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon to collapse. Officials in Washington are nervous that failures in Lebanon could throw the entire region back into chaos. As a reminder, Israel reached a limited truce with Hezbollah on November 27th to stop hostilities for at least 60 days. The deal requires the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon and for Hezbollah to retreat north beyond the Litani River in southern Lebanon. In Theorie, by January 26, the only groups allowed to be present south of the Latani River are the Lebanese military and UN peacekeeping forces. But Israel and Hezbollah have repeatedly accused each other of violating the terms of the agreement and have engaged in a number of tit-for-tat strikes since the ceasefire was implemented.
Why are Trump's advisors concerned about Hezbollah?
The Israeli Defense Minister recently said Hezbollah has yet to dismantle all of their weapons and terrorist infrastructure south of the river. And he says they haven't withdrawn their fighters. He has warned, quote, if Hezbollah does not withdraw beyond the Latani River, there will be no agreement. Turning to the other ceasefire, the Israeli Security Cabinet officially voted Friday to approve the truce agreement with Hamas in Gaza. And the full cabinet is expected to sign off on the ceasefire later today. While the diplomatic breakthrough came on Wednesday, its ratification in Israel was briefly delayed after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas on Thursday of making last-minute demands that went back on some of their promises. But that hurdle has been now cleared, meaning the ceasefire should go into effect on Sunday.
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