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.

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.

When I saw the images from Beaufort, I could not help but think back to my own time in southern Lebanon.

The Israeli prime minister said that the “IDF will continue to operate as planned in southern Lebanon.”

Beaufort is not just ancient stone. It is high ground over the Litani, the Galilee, and Hezbollah’s southern war machine.

Adam Tzarfati is the 14th soldier to fall since the “ceasefire” began in April.