Israel starts a tense ceasefire in Lebanon
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Residents are wary that the truce may offer only a temporary reprieve after weeks of rocket fire by Hezbollah.
A truce took hold Friday between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, providing relief on both sides of the border and an opening for Iran and the United States to reach a deal to end the wider war.
Mohsen Rezaei, a former commander-in-chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, claimed on state TV Wednesday that Tehran could sink American ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
A fragile calm has settled over parts of Lebanon as a 10-day ceasefire brokered by the United States takes hold between Israel and Hezbollah