10-day ceasefire in Lebanon holding through first night 

Locals drive past the site of buildings destroyed in an Israeli airstrike (Hassan Ammar/AP)

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

But it remained unclear whether Israel would completely stop strikes on Hezbollah and whether the militant group would recognise a deal it did not play a role in negotiating and which will leave Israeli troops occupying a stretch of southern Lebanon.