While reports emerged late Saturday night of intense Lebanese efforts to establish a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel in Lebanon, the Israeli escalation continues with ongoing airstrikes on villages in southern Lebanon and the Western Bekaa.

This morning, fighter jets launched raids on the southern town of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah and on Sohmor in Western Bekaa.

In an Israeli context, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority quoted a security source as saying: “We won’t stop drone and missile attacks even if we occupy the whole of South Lebanon.”

Meanwhile, the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that “the Israeli army is considering expanding the ground war in South Lebanon in the absence of an Israeli solution to Hezbollah’s drones.”

In this context, well-informed Israeli sources reported that understandings with Lebanon include discussions on establishing a military coordination mechanism under American supervision.

It is also mentioned that the military coordination mechanism is scheduled to be discussed in early June, according to what the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Sunday.

According to Israeli sources, this mechanism is also expected to include intelligence cooperation.

It noted that, in practical terms, this amounts to continuing the war within the restrictions imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, which prevent Israel from bombing Beirut and the Lebanese Bekaa, while allowing it to continue attacking Hezbollah targets in South Lebanon.