Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided on Wednesday not to respond to a recent Hezbollah attack that killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded seven others.
The decision came as Netanyahu met with his reduced cabinet to discuss a message sent by Hezbollah saying that it saw the attack as a suitable response for the recent killing of several of its senior officials and an Iranian general in the Golan Heights.
A military analyst speaking on Israeli TV channel 10 commented that Hezbollah had sent a message saying that it has now ceased military operations. Israel responded that it, too, has ceased engagement.
One Israeli soldier was killed and seven others were wounded in the ambush carried out by Hezbollah early on Wednesday. Israeli artillery immediately returned fire and killed a UN peacekeeper in South Lebanon.