Israeli strike kills Lebanese general hours before ceasefire talks in Washington

An Israeli airstrike on the Khardali-Nabatieh road in southern Lebanon on June 6 killed a Lebanese Army general and several soldiers—among the deadliest single strikes on the LAF since the conflict began. The strike occurred hours before scheduled Lebanon-Israel negotiations in Washington. Lebanese President Aoun condemned it as a "flagrant violation" of sovereignty. The timing compresses Beirut's negotiating room: concessions made after a general dies carry sharply higher domestic political cost.