IDF recaps 14 months of war with Hezbollah • Hamas may be ready for deal • IAF fires at Hezbollah terrorists
Although the fighting has stopped - at least for now - hard days lie ahead for worn-out people who have been reeling from multiple crises since the economic implosion of 2019.
"It is too early to say whether these risks will be significantly and sustainably reduced," Moody's later said in a statement.
Hezbollah counts their dead • Northern ceasefire mostly holds • Egyptian delegation to arrive in Israel on Thursday for hostage talks
Statistics vary wildly regarding how much Hezbollah has attacked Israel, depending on the definition, with the numbers varying from as low as a few thousand rockets to over 10,000.
The package has been in the works for several months. The official said it was first previewed to the congressional committees in September and then submitted for review in October.
Israel has not gotten back the hostages, and many of them have died since February, but that is a complex political and diplomatic decision and less of a straight military decision.
In an interview, the head of the Merom HaGalil Regional Council doubted the ability of the ceasefire deal to remove Hezbollah's threat to residents of northern Israel.
Strikes reported on Lebanese crossing with Syria • Residents of southern Lebanon begin returning home • Lebanese army preparing to deploy forces to southern Lebanon
One solder killed, another succumbs to wounds • Katz starts on Jordan border fence.