Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a ceasefire effective June nineteenth, according to France twenty-four. Yet renewed attacks continue to test the accord. Fresh strikes killed at least twenty people in Lebanon, alongside four Israeli soldiers. Inflammatory remarks from Israeli far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir underscore the fragility of the deal meant to end the broader Middle East conflict.

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