Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, December 20, 2015
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Israel said to stop patroling northern border
Lebanese news site A-Nasra reports that Israeli patrols along the northern border have ceased Sunday morning, as the army nervously anticipates a Hezbollah response following the assassination of arch-terrorist Samir Kuntar, Walla News reports.
There is no official word from the IDF.
Hezbollah mouthpiece Al-Manar says Israel’s lack of confirmation that it carried out the strike is giving Hezbollah a chance to think hard about how it will respond.
“The Israeli authorities are avoiding the direct claim of responsibility, in a bid to give the other side a chance to mull its retaliation choices and in order for this retaliation to be deliberate and well-calculated,” a commentator is quoted saying on the Al-Manar website.
