Former Israeli diplomat Alon Pinkas predicted Saturday that a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza is unlikely before President Biden departs the White House early next year.

Israel on Thursday carried out its first airstrike on Lebanon since a truce with Hezbollah announced this week, saying it targeted the militant group’s activity at a rocket storage facility in

The Israeli military says its warplanes have fired on southern Lebanon after detecting Hezbollah activity at a rocket storage facility.

Israeli tank fire hit six areas in southern Lebanon on Thursday. The Israeli military said its ceasefire with Hezbollah was breached after what it called suspects, some in vehicles, arrived at several areas in the southern zone.

After two months of Israeli bombing, residents in the southern suburbs of Beirut in Lebanon are starting to return to thei homes, following the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. CNN’s Tamara Qiblawi visited the area to see first-hand what the destruction looked like.