Calm returns to southern Lebanon as truce halts strikes and shelling

Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire yesterday, after an escalation in hostilities in Lebanon sorely tested the United States-Iranian interim deal to end the…

In a critical diplomatic development, a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah officially went into effect at 4:00 PM local time today, after Friday morning's flare-up.

Israel and Hezbollah resumed intense fighting in southern Lebanon on Saturday, despite committing to a renewed ceasefire.