A poll by the Israel Democracy Institute found that 80 percent of Jewish Israelis support continuing military operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon, even as a ten-day ceasefire — accepted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly under pressure from US President Donald Trump — remains in place. Residents of northern Israeli border communities, some of whom were displaced following the outbreak of fighting after 7 October 2023, have expressed deep scepticism about the truce, with the municipal government of Kiryat Shmona calling a strike in protest. The ceasefire has already shown signs of strain, with two Israeli soldiers killed by booby traps and a French UNIFIL (the UN peacekeeping force stationed in southern Lebanon) soldier dying in an attack attributed by Israel to Hezbollah, which denies responsibility.