Hezbollah Celebrates Truce That Puts Pressure on Netanyahu
Boys wave Lebanese and Hezbollah flags as displaced people return to their neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburbs on April 17.
Photographer: Fadel Itani/AFP/Getty ImagesMinutes after a ceasefire in Lebanon went into effect at midnight, heavy gunfire was heard in Beirut. Hezbollah supporters were celebrating in the southern suburbs of the capital, which have been pounded by weeks of Israeli strikes.
In Israel, the reaction to the truce, announced hours earlier by US President Donald Trump, was gloomier. Residents in the north expressed anger after weeks of sheltering from Hezbollah rockets and hearing promises from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government that the Iran-backed militant group would be crushed once and for all.