2 soldiers killed in Lebanon in the first Israeli deaths since June truce with Hezbollah

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Hezbollah has refused to disarm and opposed the direct Lebanon-Israel talks.
45% : The latest escalation came as Lebanese and Israeli negotiators met in Rome to discuss implementation of a June 26 deal reached between Israel and the Lebanese government under which Israeli forces are supposed to withdraw from areas they occupy in southern Lebanon and allow the Lebanese army to take control, in exchange for Hezbollah's disarmament.
41% : The Israeli army launched strikes Wednesday in southern Lebanon in response to what it described as Hezbollah's violation of the ceasefire and called on residents of the village of Mansouri to flee -- the first such warning Israel has issued in Lebanon for weeks.
41% : A precarious truce between Israel and Hezbollah has largely held since June 20, but Israeli forces have continued to occupy swaths of southern Lebanon and to carry out periodic airstrikes and shelling.
40% : Both areas saw heavy fighting in the latest Israel-Hezbollah war and are currently occupied by Israeli forces.
28% : BEIRUT -- Two Israeli soldiers were killed in an explosion in southern Lebanon, Israel's military said Thursday, the first Israeli deaths since a shaky truce between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah began nearly two months ago.
21% : The latest Israel-Hezbollah war erupted on March 2, when Hezbollah fired rockets across the border two days after the U.S. and Israel launched their attacks on Iran.

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