Hudson Institute senior institute Rebeccah Heinrichs assesses the state of the Israeli-Hezbollah ceasefire, discusses Syrian rebels seizing parts of Aleppo and how the U.S. can aid in negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

The bursts of violence — with no reports of serious casualties — reflected the uneasy nature of the ceasefire that otherwise appeared to hold as Lebanese troops began to deploy in parts of southern Lebanon.

The ceasefire agreement between Hezbollah and Israel brokered by the United States and France was characterized by President Biden as an attempt to deliver a "permanent cessation of hostilities."