Daily Cuts - Talks of containment ensue heavy air attacks between Israel and Hezbollah

Israel launched what it described as a pre-emptive strike on Aug 25 against a major attack that Hezbollah was planning on Israeli territory. Hezbollah fired its own barrage later in the day. Despite widespread fears that the cross-border escalation could spiral into an all-out regional war, both sides swiftly moved to talks of containment. On Asia First, Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman take a look at the possible reasons for both parties claiming victory with Simon Frankel Pratt, Lecturer, Political Science, The University of Melbourne