When Israel struck Hezbollah targets it was accused of breaking the agreement, but if it does not respond to violations, Hezbollah will have carte blanche to threaten Israel

Some violations of the truce, and some amount of violence, are to be expected, analysts say, and do not necessarily mean the deal will collapse and war will resume anytime soon.

Iraqi local officials said at least 1,000 Lebanese had been crossing into Syria daily for three days. But then an escalation of hostilities in Syria following a rebel offensive ag