After a weekend of intense strikes across the Lebanese frontier, Israel and Hezbollah sent signals that, while not done fighting, they were standing down from any significant escalation that risks a wider war.
Hezbollah launched what Israel reported were 230 rockets—Hezbollah said 340—and almost two dozen UAVs, but not before 100 Israeli warplanes attacked thousands of Hezbollah rocket launchers in a pre-emptive strike early Sunday morning, Aug. 25.
