Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Thursday that Lebanon has tried war and it is enough, with over 4,000 dead, mostly Shiites. He stressed Lebanon will not miss the opportunity to complete the ceasefire agreement and called for avoiding a slide into civil war, according to Lebanese media and i24NEWS.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun made the remarks Thursday morning in a statement reported by Lebanese media and picked up by i24NEWS, amid ongoing but fragile implementation of the ceasefire with Israel that ended months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. Aoun, whose election in January 2025 followed a prolonged political vacuum, cited more than 4,000 Lebanese dead, the majority Shiites — an acknowledgment of the heavy toll on Hezbollah’s core constituency.
Aoun said Lebanon had 'tried war — it was enough' and would not miss the opportunity to complete the ceasefire deal, implicitly addressing Hezbollah and its allies. He also called not to drag the country into a civil war, a warning that reflects internal tensions over the ceasefire’s implementation, criticism of Hezbollah’s role, and friction between the Lebanese army and IDF forces in southern Lebanon.
As The Zioneer has reported, the ceasefire has been repeatedly tested: the IDF has conducted hundreds of strikes in southern Lebanon since the deal, and friction incidents — including the Lebanese army deploying to prevent clashes near Kfar Tebnit — have occurred. Aoun’s statement marks the most explicit high-level Lebanese acknowledgment that the military campaign against Israel has failed to achieve its goals, and that the country must shift course to avoid further disintegration. No official Israeli response has been reported yet.
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