The move has been met with relief by the war-weary in Lebanon but there was still a possibility it could change its position if Iran’s regime started to wobble.

Hezbollah, Iran’s most powerful regional ally, has signaled privately that it does not intend to attack Israel, but Lebanon’s military has bolstered its presence in the country’s south to prevent rocket fire.

One of Israel’s most feared scenarios has long been that Iran would unleash an attack on it in coordination with its powerful network of proxy militias.Tehran spent decades funding and arming Islamist groups in countries like Iraq,