The ceasefire in Lebanon continues to hold in its third day. But there are growing questions over how long it will last. According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, a Senior Israeli military official said today the Israeli army may stay in south Lebanon for months until an international force is deployed. The Washington Post is reporting Hezbollah has rejected withdrawing from South Lebanon but says it is open to a compromise of pulling back its fighters so long as the Lebanese army does not heavily search its bunkers and operation centers. Israel and the US insist the ceasefire must lead to a full Hezbollah withdrawal from south Lebanon.

• UN Ambassador John Bolton: “The contemplation has always been that there would not be a vacuum in southern Lebanon, such that the withdrawal of Israeli forces or the progress of the Lebanese armed forces and UNIFIL would be conducted in a way that would not permit Hezbollah to re-infiltrate southern Lebanon.”