By Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) -Israeli tank fire hit six areas in southern Lebanon on Thursday and the Israeli military said its ceasefire with Hezbollah was breached after what it called suspects,

John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., told the Washington Examiner he believes the likelihood that the new ceasefire deal, set to last for 60 days, will improve upon the agreement enacted in 2006 is "effectively zero.

Lebanon's military deployed troops and tanks across the country's south on Thursday as a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war largely held for a second day.The truce ended a war that began a day after Hamas's unprecedented October 7,