Israel Establishes Gaza-Style ‘Yellow Line’ in Lebanon as Occupation, Destruction Continues Despite ‘Ceasefire’

Introduced late last week, the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire is “holding” in the sense that it’s still being called a ceasefire, but with Israel’s weekend introduction of a Gaza-style “Yellow Line” it seems increasingly apparent this ceasefire will neither cease fire nor stop the Israeli destruction of southern Lebanon.

In Gaza, Israel established “Yellow Lines” that effectively cut the strip in half, with one side being wholly under IDF military control, and has prevented displaced Palestinians from crossing that line to try to return home. They have similarly treated those areas within the yellow line area as a “free-fire zone” irrespective of whether this is nominally a ceasefire in place. This is a big part of why Gaza “ceasefires” have done little to actually end the enormous level of Israeli military violence therein.

The Lebanon Yellow Line doesn’t cut the country wholly in half, but it does encompass dozens of towns and villages, and interestingly, it actually crosses the Litani River in central Lebanon, which during the invasion Israeli officials presented as their boundary to which they were intending to occupy.