Lebanon's Hezbollah has been significantly degraded militarily by Israel, but the Iran-backed group will likely try to rebuild its stockpiles and forces and pose a longterm threat to the U.S. and its regional allies,

The ceasefire, which came into effect last week, was meant to end more than a year of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

Israel has launched strikes on Hezbollah positions after what it claimed were violations of the peace deal by the Lebanese proscribed terror group.