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Nabih Berry places Donald Trump at the centre of Lebanon's exit from the crisis. In an interview with the New York Times, the Speaker of Parliament said that the US President was the only one able to secure a real ceasefire and compel Israel to respect it. His words go beyond the diplomatic formula. It reflects Lebanon's weakness in the face of Israeli strikes, Berry's role as intermediary with Hezbollah and the challenge of a truce that can no longer be limited to Beirut

The Lebanese Embassy in Washington states that Hezbollah has accepted an American proposal for a mutual cessation of attacks with Israel. The mechanism first provides for the cessation of Israeli strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut in exchange for a suspension of Hezbollah attacks, before an extension to all Lebanese territory. This announcement places the Lebanese State in the diplomatic chain, but leaves open the central question: who will really guarantee the cessation of hostilities on the ground?

The murder of Souheil Abu Jamra, Mayor of Deir Mimas, cannot be treated as a single act. The investigation will have to establish the motive and individual responsibility of the alleged shooter. But the tragedy is taking place in a southern Lebanon, subjected to Israeli strikes, drones, displacement and daily pressure from the locals. In this climate, local institutions become fragile shock absorbers of an end-of-society.

On 2 June 2026, the Lebanese press described a ceasefire announced by Donald Trump after the threat to Beirut. Between ambiguous truce, the role of Joseph Aoun and Nabih Berri, Iranian pressure and the South Lebanon test, the agreement remains suspended on the ground and the regional calculations still uncertain and explosive for Beirut.

Theodosia Karam, his dentist father and brother were killed in a drone strike on the Nabatieh-Khardali road.

The call between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu is not a verbal altercation. It reveals a strategic disagreement over Lebanon, at a time when Israel threatens Beirut, Iran links discussions with Washington to a regional ceasefire, and Hezbollah refuses a limited truce to the capital. In Israel, electoral pressure and the support of a large part of Jewish respondents to the continuation of the war reinforce the temptation of a lasting military presence in southern Lebanon.

German Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan and her Norwegian counterpart Åsmund Aukrust had to interrupt their trip to Beirut for military reasons. Their aircraft was diverted to Cyprus while the Israeli army called on the inhabitants of the southern suburbs to evacuate. This cancellation illustrates the rapid deterioration of the security situation around the Lebanese capital and the fragility of ongoing diplomatic efforts.

Iran is suspending its negotiations with Washington after the American strikes, the failure of the ceasefire in Lebanon and Israeli threats.

Meeting in the Grand Sérail under the presidency of Nawaf Salam, the Lebanese Government discussed the housing and relief needs associated with the internally displaced persons crisis. Paul Morcos announced a full report on Tuesday for three months of public response and an urgent appeal to the international community on Friday. This sequence comes as the military negotiations in Washington seek to restore the ceasefire and the escalation in the South increases humanitarian needs.

Iran claims that any end-of-war agreement must include a ceasefire in Lebanon, against the backdrop of Israeli escalation in the land of cedars

Beirut threatened after the order of Netanyahu and Katz targeting the southern suburbs, on the background of escalation in Lebanon.

Between Friday, 29 May, and Monday, 1 June, Lebanon experienced a major worsening of the conflict in the South. The official report published on Sunday evening reached 3,412 dead and 10,269 injured since 2 March. Israeli strikes hit Tyre, Nabatiyah and Deir al-Zahrani, while the Israeli army announced the capture of Beaufort Castle. France is calling for an urgent meeting of the Security Council, while Washington is trying to revive a de-escalation.

The capture of the Beaufort fortress places Lebanon in the face of double military and diplomatic pressure. Between Israeli advance, negotiations in Washington, debate on Hezbollah and civilian displacement, the press of 1 June 2026 describes a country forced to negotiate under fire and persistent major regional uncertainty.

The Civil Defence in Tyre evacuates its centre after Israeli threats, a sign of increased pressure on relief in southern Lebanon.