
Displaced residents have begun returning to the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh to inspect homes and businesses devastated by months of Israeli airstrikes, following Israel's ordered halt to fighting. The fragile ceasefire and the widespread destruction of a major Hezbollah stronghold reflect the ongoing volatility along Israel's northern border — a flashpoint Scripture identifies as part of the broader end-times conflict surrounding Israel. The prophet Zechariah warns that all nations surrounding Israel will be drawn into conflict in the last days, and the recurring cycle of war and uneasy peace in Lebanon continues to align with that prophetic trajectory (Zechariah 12:2–3).