Israel strikes hit southern Lebanon and Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel, a day after rare direct negotiations.
BBC foreign correspondent Nick Beake visits Metula, an Israeli town surrounded on three sides by Lebanon.
A US statement said the two sides had agreed to launch direct negotiations, at a time and place to be determined.
The Lebanese government go into peace talks with limited influence over the group.
BBC Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega joins paramedics on duty in Nabatieh - a city that was once vibrant, but is now abandoned.
The vast majority did not believe Hezbollah or Iran had been severely weakened by weeks of Israeli and US attacks, according to the poll.
More than 160 people have been killed since Friday in Lebanon, where Israel is pressing on with its campaign against Hezbollah despite the US-Iran ceasefire.
BBC Middle East Correspondent Hugo Bachega hears from people affected by this week's attacks.