Slavin said Hezbollah’s enduring power made a ceasefire in Lebanon an attractive prospect for Israel. What remains of Hamas’ organized forces is unclear, but it was apparent this week that Hezbollah remains intact, if diminished — and that it is still capable of firing missiles at Israel.

Following a deal to end more than a year of fighting between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah, attention has swung back to the battered Gaza Strip, but any hopes of a rapid end to the war there look likely to be dashed.

In the face of the ongoing suffering of the Palestinian and Lebanese people amid Israel's wars in Gaza and the West Bank, and as a 60-day truce between Israel and Lebanon took effect in the early hours of the day,