Despite a flare-up in violence between Israel and Hezbollah on Sunday, both sides appeared to show restraint, averting all-out war amid 10 months of clashes on the Israel-Lebanon border.
AFP looks at what happened and whether the chance of a broader regional conflict still looms as the Gaza war grinds on.

Air France will resume its flights to Tel Aviv and Beirut on Tuesday after a two-day halt following the latest Israel-Hezbollah flare-up, the airline said.

Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, has met with top Israeli defense leaders and visited the Israeli military’s Northern Command headquarters.
Navy Capt. Jereal Dorsey, Brown’s spokesperson, said the chairman met with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Israeli Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi in Tel Aviv, and he participated in operational updates with Israeli army senior leaders.

Israel and 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.

After an escalation of hostilities Sunday amid over 10 months of cross-border clashes between Israel and Hezbollah, here are the major eruptions of violence since their 2006 war.
The devastating month-long war in the summer of 2006 cost Lebanon more than 1,200 lives, mostly civilians, while some 160 Israelis were killed, mostly soldiers.

U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Charles "CQ" Brown, the United States' highest-ranking military officer, will visit Beirut carrying a messgae to Lebanese officials, media reports said.

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned against further regional escalation on Sunday in a meeting with the United States' highest-ranking general, as cross-border hostilities between Israel and Lebanon intensified.
Sisi "warned of the dangers of a new front opening in Lebanon and stressed the necessity of preserving Lebanon's stability and sovereignty," according to a statement from the president's office.

Iran’s foreign ministry said Monday that Israel “failed to predict the time and place” of Hezbollah’s “limited and calculated attack” that “made it lose its deterrence,” referring to Hezbollah’s retaliation on Sunday to the assassination of its military chief Fouad Shukur.

Fighting resumed Monday after a short-lived calm following a heavy exchange of strikes between Israel and Hezbollah.
Israeli strikes targeted Monday the southern border village of Tayrharfa and the coastal city of Sidon. A car was hit in the latter strike near Abra's entrance.

Pope Francis called Monday for "truth and justice" over the catastrophic explosion at Beirut's port four years ago, and lamented Lebanon was "paying a price" for the war in the Middle East.
He was speaking as he met victims of the August 4, 2020 blast, one of the world's biggest non-nuclear explosions, at the Vatican.
