Why Israel and Hezbollah are still firing amid a cease-fire

The initial claims of infractions show the fragility of the deal and the difficulty of enforcing agreements under international law more broadly, said Jennifer Kavanagh, a senior fellow and director of military analysis at Defense Priorities, a foreign policy institute in Washington. It’s one thing to sign an agreement, she said, and altogether another to enforce it. [. . .]

Ms. Kavanagh said she expected violations and failures but was not entirely pessimistic, because all sides “have incentives to make it work.”

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Senior Fellow & Director of Military Analysis

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