Lebanon’s underfunded but popular Armed Forces are playing a key role in the country’s bid for an unlikely ceasefire deal that Israel refuses to agree to

The Israeli military on Saturday accused a group of soldiers of burning a Lebanese flag in southern Lebanon where they are fighting the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. The military spoke after a video circulated on social media showing around half a dozen people dressed in Israeli uniforms jumping and singing a religious maxim as one of them sets fire to the flag with a lighter.

Hezbollah said on Monday that the Israeli military has been incapable of occupying even a single village in Lebanon since launching cross-border ground operations six weeks ago.- 'Long war' - On Monday,