US President Joe Biden said a Lebanon truce would take effect today, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a ceasefire with Hezbollah would allow Israel to focus its attention on Hamas and arch-enemy Iran.

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

After approval by Israel's security cabinet, French President Emmanuel Macron and his US counterpart issued a joint statement, committing both nations to work with Israel and Lebanon to ensure that the ceasefire deal gets fully implemented.

With a deal to end more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, the president turns his attention back to stopping the war in Gaza before leaving office.

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

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

The deal will come into force on Wednesday at 4:00 am local time.

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire aims to end Lebanon strikes, but Gaza war continues with devastating casualties on both sides.

Israel approved a ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon, following a speech in which Netanyahu hailed the achievements of the IDF.

WASHINGTON: A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah will t

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.

The Israeli Cabinet has approved on Tuesday the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon.

A ceasefire deal that could end more than a year of cross-border fighting between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group won backing from Israeli leaders.

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…

WASHINGTON: A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah will take effect on Wednesday after both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the Un...

Ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah brokered by U.S., ending conflict and ensuring security for both sides.

Katz warned the UN envoy that the Israeli government will demonstrate zero tolerance for violations of the ceasefire agreement.

Israel has mounted waves of airstrikes on Beirut as its security cabinet is meeting to discuss a US ceasefire plan.

Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a truce, with Israeli Prime Minsiter Benjamin Netanyahu expected to approve the deal after presenting it to his Cabinet tonight.

Strikes are ongoing only hours on from the US President announcing Israel and Lebanon have accepted a 60-day ceasefire deal.

Hezbollah announced attacks on troops in north Israel late on Tuesday amid news of a ceasefire between the Lebanese group and Israel after more than a year of hostilities and two months of all-out war.

In 2006, the U.N. Security Council voted for a resolution to end a bruising monthlong conflict between Israel and Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah militant group, and pave the way for lasting security along the border.

G7 ministers support ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, avoid addressing ICC arrest warrant for Israeli leader.

The leaders met on Monday evening and expressed fierce resistance to the agreement.

US: ‘Significant progress’ made toward agreement

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

The Biden administration kept incoming President-elect Donald Trump’s administration closely apprised of its efforts to broker the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah that is slated to go into effect early Wednesday.

A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is set to be approved ‘within hours’ as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presents the deal to his cabinet.

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 is slated to go into 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.

Some in Israel still hesitant that ceasefire will hold

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 ground in Beirut is shaking."

Lebanon's deputy parliament speaker says US-proposed cease-fire requires Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon and Lebanese troop deployment within 60 days