It looked like Israel and Hezbollah had gone to war, but then they pulled back. Here's what to know
Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah pulled back after an exchange of heavy fire over the weekend that briefly raised fears of an all-out war. But their decades-long conflict is far from over, regional tensions linked to the war in Gaza are still high, and it’s probably only a matter of time before another escalation. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah did not rule out another retaliatory attack over an Israeli airstrike last month that killed a top commander. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “this is not the end of the story.”