Recent U.S. sanctions on Lebanese officials linked to Hezbollah and its allies signal an escalation aimed at reshaping Lebanon’s internal balance and pressuring state institutions to distance themselves from the group.

“Israel’s” military campaign in southern Lebanon is presented as involving mass displacement, demographic change, sectarian pressure, and emerging settlement efforts aimed at turning the area into a controlled buffer zone.

“Israel” is seeking to establish a buffer zone in southern Lebanon up to the Litani River through military control, destruction, and displacement, amid ongoing resistance from Hezbollah.

By the end of March, the landscape along the banks of the Litani River in southern Lebanon had shifted dramatically after the Israeli occupation army destroyed most of its crossings and bridges.