POLAND PERSPECTIVE

Warsaw views the Beaufort takeover as a clear break from the fragile April 17 balance, and Polish media focus on the warning rather than mediation. RMF24 opens with "Kruche zawieszenie broni legło w gruzach" — the fragile ceasefire lies in ruins — and describes the Israeli elite of the Golani Brigade ascending the fortified southeastern Lebanese crest. The newspaper emphasizes the 2024 UNESCO status of the castle and notes that the Israeli maneuver "completely surprised observers" while the nominal ceasefire was in effect since April 17.

Gazeta Prawna reports Trump's announcement as an event to be taken conditionally: "Trump informs that Israel and Hezbollah have reached an agreement" rather than "Trump imposes an agreement." The newspaper dwells on the parallel sequence: Iran, via Tasnim, suspends talks as long as Israeli strikes in Lebanon continue, and threatens to block the Bab al-Mandeb Strait "through allied militias." The Iranian position is quoted verbatim, a rare occurrence in Polish media accustomed to treating Iran as a black box.

The most enlightening choice of Polish coverage is the central quote: Mohsen Rezaei, advisor to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, declares on Monday that "the patience of the Iranian army is limited" and that Tehran "will not tolerate an increase in tensions in Lebanon." wPolityce, more to the right, highlights the symbolic dimension "Israel occupies... the Crusader fortress" and reads the sequence as a return to historical Christian logic in the Middle East — a unique ideological framing in Western Europe.