More than a year after the start of the conflict with the Lebanese Hezbollah, the Israeli security cabinet approved this Tuesday afternoon, November 26, a ceasefire agreement with the pro-Iranian movement. This ceasefire will come into effect this Wednesday.
“Today’s announcement will end the fighting in Lebanon and protect Israel from the threat posed by Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations operating from Lebanon,” Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden jointly wrote in a statement.
“It will create the necessary conditions for the lasting restoration of calm and allow the safe return of residents on both sides of the Blue Line to their homes,” the press release continues.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced late in the afternoon that he would present this agreement to the security cabinet for approval. At the same time, he clarified that the IDF will “respond” if Hezbollah violates the truce.
“In full agreement with the United States, we maintain complete freedom of military action” in Lebanon, he added. “If Hezbollah violates the agreement and tries to rearm, we will attack.”
Massive Israeli raids on Beirut
“The United States and France will work with Israel and Lebanon to ensure that this agreement is fully implemented and enforced,” write Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden.
The United States and France also say they are “determined to ensure that this conflict does not spark a new cycle of violence.”
The conflict between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah, which began on October 8, 2023, one day after the start of the war between the Jewish State and Hamas, reached a new stage with the Israeli bombings and the invasion of Lebanon by the FDI at the end of last September. .
The UN and the international community have called in recent weeks for a ceasefire to be accepted. TO israeli attack This Tuesday, November 26, a building that housed displaced people was attacked. in the heart of Beirutkilling at least three people, while violent raids target the suburbs of the capital, a Hezbollah stronghold, according to official media. The Israeli army announced on Tuesday that it observed ten projectile attacks against the national territory from Lebanon.
According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, at least 3,754 people have been killed in the country since October 2023, the majority since September of this year.
Source: BFM TV
