With Tensions Rising, Israel and Lebanon Expand Cease-Fire Talks

Diplomats from both countries joined a military-led committee overseeing a year-old truce as fears mounted of a renewed Israeli offensive against Hezbollah.Supporters of Hezbollah gathered in September at a crater in the Dahiya neighborhood on the outskirts of Beirut. The hole was left by an Israeli strike in 2024 that killed the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.