A ten-day truce appeared to hold in Lebanon on Friday, offering a potential pause in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. This may help clear an obstacle toward a larger deal involving Iran, the US, and Israel to end the conflict.

A 10-day truce appeared to be holding in Lebanon early Friday, promising a pause in fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group and possibly clearing one major obstacle to a deal between Iran, the US and Israel to end weeks of devastating war.