Lebanese and Hezbollah (yellow) flags flutter as soldiers serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) (R) drive past Israeli military vehicles (L) during a patrol on the Lebaese-Israeli border. A Lebanese Hezbollah operative on trial in Egypt for allegedly plotting attacks in the country accused his interrogators of 'brutal torture' that has left him deaf in one ear. Photo:Mahmud Zayat/AFP