Israeli PM Netanyahu thanked Joe Biden for his involvement in brokering the deal

It comes after more than a year of fighting, resulting in the deaths of thousands of people.

A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon took effect on Wednesday after more than a year of fighting that has killed thousands of people. The truce, which began at 4 a.m., should bring to a halt a war that has forced tens of thousands of people in Israel and…

The ceasefire is a major step toward ending nearly 14 months of fighting sparked by the ongoing war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.

Israel will have 60 days to withdraw from Lebanon while Hezbollah must move north of the Litani river.

A ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah took effect early Wednesday after an agreement was brokered by the United States and France.

Questions remain over whether a truce can bring lasting stability to the volatile Lebanon-Israel border, writes Firas Maksad.

Israeli ministers insisted it would resume strikes on Lebanon if Hezbollah breached the terms of the ceasefire, while the deal does not affect Israel’s continuing war with Hamas in Gaza

Hamas has said it is ready for a ceasefire in Gaza following the end of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has appealed to Israel to fully commit to a newly agreed ceasefire and "withdraw from all the regions and positions it occupied", hours after the truce between Israel and Hezbollah took effect.

The Israeli Cabinet this evening (Tuesday) approved a ceasefire deal brokered by the US in Lebanon, to go into effect at 4:00 a.m. Wednesday morning.

The agreement is expected to take effect tomorrow.

BEIRUT: A ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah came into effect on Wednesday (Nov 27) after both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the US and Fran

Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based militant group, have reached a 60-day ceasefire agreement, marking a potential pause in hostilities after months of intense conflict. The deal, announced on Tuesday, includes provisions for Hezbollah fighters to retreat 40 kilometres from Israel’s border, while Israeli ground forces will withdraw from Lebanese territory. US President Joe Biden said […]

Israel’s security Cabinet approved the ceasefire agreement late Tuesday after it was presented by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his office said.

Lebanon PM urges international community ‘act swiftly’ to halt Israeli aggression

Israel hit Lebanon's capital with its most intense bombardment of the conflict, hours before striking a deal to end the fighting.

The ceasefire took effect on Wednesday (Nov. 27) with the Lebanese army taking steps to redeploy south and Israel's army was set to withdraw.

U.S. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Brett McGurk was heading to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to discuss using an Israel-Hezbollah truce as a "catalyst" to end hostilities with Hamas.

Israel approved a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement with Lebanon's Hezbollah on Tuesday that would end nearly 14 months of fighting linked to the war in the Gaza Strip. The ceasefire would mark the first major step toward ending the regionwide unrest triggered by Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. But it does…

‘What we feel is indescribable. The people have won!’

JERUSALEM, ISRAELI | Xinhua | Israel’s security cabinet approved on Tuesday night a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement. Israel’s state-owned Kan TV News reported that the ceasefire, brokered by the United States and France, was expected to take effect on Wednesday at 4 a.m. local time (0200 GMT) …

Under the ceasefire: Israeli troops will have to leave Lebanon within 60 days

A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah militants began early Wednesday morning, after Beirut residents endured the most intense day of Israeli strikes since the war began. Many wondered if the agreement to stop fighting would hold. Israel has said it will attack if Hezbollah breaks the

The deal came into effect overnight.

Hezbollah and other armed factions will withdraw from their positions in southern Lebanon and relocate north of the Litani River, approximately 30 kilometers from the Israeli border. 

We have informed mediators in Egypt, Qatar and Turkey, senior official says

Trump’s team was quick to claim credit for the rare spot of good news for a Democratic administration that’s been dragged down by the grinding Mideast conflict.

TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — A ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah appeared to be holding Wednesday, as residents in cars heaped with belongings streamed back toward southern Lebanon despite warnings from the Israeli and Lebanese military that they stay away from certain areas. If it holds, the ceasefire would bring an end […]

A ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah appeared to be holding, as residents in cars heaped with belongings streamed back toward southern Lebanon despite warnings from the Israeli and Lebanese military that they stay away.

Thousands of people have begun returning to their homes in southern Lebanon after a ceasefire deal was agreed between Hezbollah and Israel.

A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah officially began at 2am on Wednesday - but the IDF has warned residents of southern Lebanon not to return home yet.

JERUSALEM (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday called Israel and Hezbollah’s ceasefire agreement “good news” and expressed hope that the pause in more than 13 months of fighting will be catalyst to also end the war in Gaza. Biden made his comments in a Rose Garden speech. He stressed that Israel reserved the right […]

Hamas is unlikely to compromise in Gaza, despite the decision by its ally, Hezbollah, to stop fighting. A deal in Gaza would also be harder for Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister.

Residents return to south Lebanon amid celebrations after Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire, bringing relief but uncertainty over lasting peace.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called the impending ceasefire a “big mistake.”

The Biden administration kept President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration closely apprised of its efforts to broker the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah that took effect early Wednesday, according to the outgoing Democratic administration. Trump’s team, meanwhile, was quick to spike the football and claim credit for the rare spot of good news for a Democratic administration that's been dragged down by the grinding Mideast conflict. “Everyone is coming to the table because of President Trump,” Florida Rep. Mike Waltz, Trump’s choice for his national security adviser, said in a post on X on Tuesday, shortly before the Israel Cabinet signed off on the agreement.

Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon initiated a ceasefire on Wednesday, ending nearly 14 months of intense fighting that brought the region closer to an all-out war

India welcomed the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah and hoped for stability in the wider region.

Hezbollah breached the ceasefire just hours after the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire took effect.

Egypt underscored the significance of this agreement as a precursor to halting Israeli aggression in Gaza, which has persisted for over a year

US President Joe Biden announced that Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah have accepted a US-brokered peace deal that is designed to be a 'permanent cessation' of hostilities between the two sides.

The Lebanon ceasefire is the fulfillment of a key campaign promise by President-elect Donald Trump to Arab and Muslim voters.

Obama-Biden officials pressured our Israeli allies into accepting the ceasefire by withholding weapons, and by threatening a binding international arms embargo through the United Nations.

Israel’s military has killed nearly all of the militant group’s top leaders.