(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.) When Israel and Lebanon agreed on June 3, 2026, to implement a ceasefire that was contingent on a “complete cessation” of fire by Iran-backed Hezbollah, and to set up “pilot zones” under the exclusive control of the Lebanese armed forces, the fragility of this “ceasefire” was already clear.