Captain Shachar Gamla (24) died from injuries after a Hezbollah drone attack; Sergeant Ohad Yaari (21) was killed in a fatal accident during an operation.

The government in Beirut was immediately overruled by an organization that has held its foreign policy hostage for 40 years.

Captain Eitan Shmuel Lemberg (21) from Mishmar HaShiv’a was killed in an anti-tank missile attack north of the Litani River — just one day after the United States had presented a new ceasefire initiative, which was immediately rejected by Hezbollah.

Members of the opposition should “apologize and give thanks for the great achievement in Lebanon, on the ground itself and on the political level,” he said.

“In practice, Hezbollah will only grow stronger, and instead of defeating it, Israel is coming to terms with its very existence,” said Israel’s national security minister.

“We brought the people of Lebanon to the understanding that we’re not the enemy. Hezbollah is,” said Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s U.S. ambassador.

Iran’s promises of restraint mask a strategy of perpetual conflict, using Hezbollah and diplomacy alike as tools of war.

Israel should not be asked to endure Hezbollah’s military presence merely to placate diplomats.

“Would you wait until the drones were buzzing over Paris?” Danny Danon, the Israeli ambassador to the global body, asked his French counterpart.