A cease-fire deal has ended over a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanese armed group and political party. The U.S.-brokered agreement is a major victory for Israel, which has achieved its key war aims, experts say. Israel has eroded Hezbollah as a military power as well as a political and economic force in Lebanon. Israel has also succeeded in decoupling Hezbollah's rocket and missile attacks on Israel from the Gaza war. The Iran-backed group began its attacks soon after Israel's air and ground invasion…
