Hezbollah has officially rejected the ceasefire. Two days after Jerusalem and Beirut agreed to a conditional pause, Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem dismissed the deal as a “surrender,” vowing to maintain fire on northern Israel as long as strikes in Lebanon continue. However, it hasn’t shifted the calculus in Tel Aviv; for the IDF’s top brass, the book on the terror organization has already largely been closed.

Also, is Bennett finished? And a military glass ceiling is shattered.

All in today’s edition of It’s Noon in Israel.

[https://open.substack.com/pub/amitsegal/p/its-noon-in-israel-why-israels-top?r=1gxt62&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true](https://open.substack.com/pub/amitsegal/p/its-noon-in-israel-why-israels-top?r=1gxt62&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true)