Israelis panic over Lebanon ceasefire: Netanyahu betrays own people? Amid fear, IDF breaks truce?

Northern Israel is furious over the new Lebanon ceasefire, accusing Israel’s leadership of betrayal and broken promises. Residents who have spent months in shelters say the deal was “signed in the USA” but paid for in blood in their destroyed homes and shattered communities. Local leaders warn that continued reports of Israeli strikes on southern Lebanese villages, just hours into the truce, prove that the border is anything but calm. They accuse the government of mismanaging the ceasefire, pointing to allegations that the IDF misidentified threats even during the supposed pause in fighting. Opposition figures like Yair Lapid say the government’s promises have once again “crashed on the ground of reality,” and northern mayors argue that without real enforcement and a buffer zone, this is not peace but a countdown to the next massacre. On the ground, officials like Benny Ben-Muvhar insist conditions are still too unsafe for residents to return home — despite the ceasefire on paper.