Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Frays as UN Reports Most Intense Attacks Since Truce Began

UN peacekeepers recorded 619 Israeli military attacks into Lebanon and 30 Hezbollah counterattacks on May 5, the highest single-day exchange since the ceasefire took effect on April 17, according to UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric. The Washington Post reported Israeli strikes on the Beirut suburb of Haret Hreik on May 6; NPR reported separately that Israeli forces have been striking villages beyond the declared southern buffer zone in recent days. UNHCR Representative Karolina Lindholm Billing reported at least 380 people killed since the truce began, with Israeli forces barring many displaced civilians from returning to areas under their control in the south. Lebanon's Health Ministry counted more than 2,600 killed since fighting resumed in early March, and the UN reported nearly a quarter of Lebanon's population now faces acute food insecurity.