Bill Roggio of the Counterterrorism Blog writes:

The Israeli Defense Force is probing hard across the entire Lebanese border, from Metulla to Marwahin. Eight Israeli brigades, at about 1,000 soldiers per brigade, plus supporting units (engineering, artillery, reconnaissance, communications, logistics) are currently engaged inside southern Lebanon.

Read the full article at the Counterterroism Blog.

Israel is not backing down, they are creating a buffer zone similar to what they had before their withdrawl in 2000 according to the article. I hope that the world again learns its lesson. Appeasement has never and will never work. Now that we have finally learned that lesson can be please get on with the business of wiping out those who have sworn to kill us?