'The war is over," US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Congress last Tuesday, but it isn't.
In the Persian Gulf, there is a sort of ceasefire between the United States and Iran that is reluctantly observed by Israel, too, but there are air strikes between American and Iranian forces around the Gulf on most days.
There is also a nominal ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, but the reality is that the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) is relentlessly grinding forward there every day. On an average day, about a dozen Lebanese civilians are killed, and Israeli evacuation orders now cover about a fifth of the country (2,000 sq km).
