According to Lebanese officials, more than 3,700 people have been killed by Israel's intense bombing campaign, many of them civilians. On the Israeli side, over 130 people have been killed, local reports say.

For many across the Middle East, the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire came as a relief: the first major sign of progress in the region since war began more than a year ago.

The Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire is shifting the focus in the Middle East back to the war in the Gaza Strip, where any kind of pause in the fighting still seems a long way off. Mike Armstrong explains why some analysts believe the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire makes a deal between Israel and Hamas less likely;