Afrasianet - Munir Shafiq - The first day of June 2026 was almost exceptional in the aggressive war waged by the Zionist entity's army against Lebanon, as this battle became part of the major war that Trump and Netanyahu fought against Iran on February 28, 2026. This shift was enshrined when the announcement of a ceasefire between the United States and Iran also included Lebanon.
Netanyahu limited the ceasefire agreement with Trump to Dahiya and Beirut only, while the occupation, expansion, and shooting continued in southern Lebanon.
Thus, southern Lebanon turned into an escalating war between the Islamic Resistance, led by Hezbollah, on the one hand, and the Zionist army on the other.
This escalation of confrontation in southern Lebanon entered a new phase, with the first of June, which was characterized by the intensification of operations against the Zionist army, with the "Ababil" marches reaching a high degree of accuracy by inflicting strikes on tanks, groups of soldiers and officers. The military and political leadership was unable to confront them, find a way to control them, and limit their losses.
Thus, Netanyahu did not find a way to respond to this escalation – especially after the arrival of Hezbollah's rockets and drones in the north of occupied Palestine – so he decided to go beyond the ceasefire in Dahiya and Beirut, warning to destroy ten buildings, for every drone and rocket fired at northern Palestine.
Netanyahu announced that this expansion of the Zionist raids was done in agreement with the US president. This announcement came in line with Trump's retreat from signing the memorandum of understanding. He returned to direct limited military strikes in Bandar Abbas, with the threat of further expansion, as well as setting new conditions on Iran to advance in negotiations, or to sign what was previously agreed.
The winds of the balance of power and general conditions are blowing more strongly against Trump, especially after relying on Netanyahu and his advice for the fall of the Islamic regime in Iran, during the first week of the war, which means that Trump's following Netanyahu will be a disaster for him
In a word, barely the day of June 1 had passed until the "suburb" had been emptied of its inhabitants, after threatening to launch more destruction campaigns than any of its predecessors. Beirut was waiting for a repeat of the "Black Wednesday" experience that it knew with the death of 300 people, thousands injured, and widespread destruction in a single day, one of Netanyahu's days of crazy criminal revenge.
However, all this expectation came to an abrupt halt after the Office of the Seal of the Prophets issued an ultimatum to settlers from the north of occupied Palestine (southern Lebanon) that they must leave, as did the departure announced by Netanyahu on the suburb.
This warning came from Tehran, to translate the equation of the war in Lebanon being part of the war between the United States and Iran. The moment has come when Netanyahu and Trump will not be allowed to be alone in Lebanon.
Therefore, Iran will enter the confrontation directly, which has never happened before. The answer was to force Netanyahu's humiliating retreat. Under Trump's pressure, which was forced on him in a phone conversation, which reached the point of insult, by accusing him of madness and not acknowledging the favor.
By estimating a careful position, it is possible to consider that the equation that prevailed in Lebanon has entered a new qualitative phase, different from what it was before June 1, when history entered the widest of its doors in this conflict.
Perhaps to ascertain the correctness of this assessment of the situation, it is necessary to take into account the warning issued by the office of the Seal of the Prophets to the settlers of northern Palestine, along with two other developments by Iran, which were announced at about the same time.
The first was the announcement of the cessation of negotiations, or more precisely, the departure from the stagnation imposed by Trump on negotiations and correspondence on the one hand, and the extremism, escalation, and the threat of a return to the ceasefire, or its partial practice, on the other hand.
The second development came from the changes that are taking place in the deterioration of Trump's situation in the United States and internationally, especially the predicament he will face if the wider war breaks out again, even in Lebanon or Gaza in the ten days before the World Cup, or accompanying it during the matches. Forget about the American interactions that will follow, which threaten the status of Trump, his Republican Party and his supporters.
Hence, the winds of the balance of power and general conditions began to blow more strongly against Trump's interest, and the stages of failure he carried out, especially in the three months after February 28, the day he declared war on Tehran, in partnership with Netanyahu, and even based on his pressures and advice for the fall of the Islamic regime in Iran, during the first week of the war, which means that Trump's following Netanyahu would be a disaster for him.
