EU Calls Hezbollah’s Bluff, Backs Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire With €100 Million Military Aid to Beirut (opens in new tab)

The European Union has rejected Hezbollah's attempts to impose new conditions on the fragile Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, calling on all parties to fully implement the June 3 agreement while pledging €100 million to the Lebanese Armed Forces — a financial signal that Brussels is betting on Beirut, not on the militant group, to hold the south.