The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1701 in August 2006 as part of a cease-fire that ended Israel’s last war with Lebanon. The resolution sought to create a buffer zone in southern Lebanon to prevent fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, but has failed to keep the peace.

Lebanon's Hezbollah movement fired heavy rocket barrages at Israel on Sunday, and the Israeli military said houses had been destroyed or set alight near Tel Aviv, after a powerful Israeli airstrike killed at least 29 people in Beirut the day before.

West Bank residents say Israeli forces are adopting tactics similar to the ones they are deploying in Gaza, including airstrikes and the use of Palestinians as human shields.

Israeli police have investigated more than 400 of the country's 2 million Palestinian citizens over the past year on "incitement to terrorism" for being anti-war.

In the year since the war in Gaza broke out, Israel’s government has been cracking down on dissent among its Palestinian citizens

The world's global court has said that Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu, his ex-defence minister Yoav Gallant, and a Hamas leader, Mohammed Deif, should all be arrested for possible crimes in the Israel-Gaza war.

The International Criminal Court said there were "reasonable grounds" to believe they bore responsibility for various crimes against humanity and war crimes.