There was just such a nice understanding and status quo at the border until Hezbollah decided to kidnap those two soldiers.
No there wasnt. Israel continually violated the boarder, and airspace. Just a few weeks before the soldiers were taken Israeli F-16s were flying around in Lebanese airspace. 9 times!
And Israels response is laughingly overdone and its clear what they are trying to do. Unless Israel has the worst military intelligence in the world they should know that Hezbollah gets their weapons through Syria, which is a bordering country to Lebanon. They get the weapons via LAND. However Israel are bombing not only roads and bridges (in the south) but also AIRPORTS, FUEL DEPOTS, and DOCKS (not counting the civilian houses, which also are getting hit.).
Its clear they are trying to set Lebanon back a few years, destroy the economy. Lebanon was in its way back after the Syrian disengagement, tourists had started coming back, I guess Israel cant tolerate that!
Its quite sickening seeing what Israel is allowed to do, without any reaction. Apart from the toothless tiger that is the UN and Chiracs talk but no action.