Why Israel cannot defeat Hezbollah

Why Israel cannot defeat Hezbollah Submitted by Abed Abou Shhadeh on Fri, 04/17/2026 - 20:04 After two and a half years of Netanyahu’s promises of total victory, the opposite reality has emerge as military strategy appears to have reached its limits A child waves a Hezbollah flag from a vehicle, as displaced people make their way to return to their homes after a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect, in Sidon, Lebanon on 18 April, 2026 (Reuters) On It has been a difficult couple of weeks for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Just as the US and Iran reached a ceasefire agreement - after six weeks of thousands of strikes across Iran that failed to achieve the war’s objectives - the New York Times published an article portraying Netanyahu as the figure who drew the Americans into what he falsely claimed would be a short and swift campaign. European powers are now distancing themselves from Israel.