Lebanon’s pilot zones expose major gap between Beirut, Jerusalem, Washington - analysis
Lebanon, Israel, and the US all support Lebanese Army pilot zones in the south — but each side appears to have a different idea of what success means and how to deal with Hezbollah
Assessment
The Lebanese Army pilot zones in the south are a rare point of verbal agreement among Beirut, Jerusalem, and Washington, but that consensus masks fundamentally incompatible goals. For Israel, success means preventing Hezbollah from operating near the border; for Lebanon, it means asserting sovereignty without triggering internal conflict; for the US, it means a diplomatic win that stabilizes the region. The gap between these definitions makes the pilot zones a fragile experiment, where any incident could expose how shallow the agreement really is.