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

The agreement is expected to take effect tomorrow.

The exact details of the agreement are unclear, and the reports indicate that there are still some sticking points.

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

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

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

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

"The ground in Beirut is shaking."

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

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 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…

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