Ceasefire with Hezbollah is a go.
Actually? Their issue was between Iranian backed Hezbollah & Israel, & the ceasefire is between Israel & Lebanon….so maybe Israel made enough of a dent that Lebanon can police their own country now???
Biden spoke at the White House on Tuesday shortly after Israel's security cabinet approved the
agreement in a 10-1 vote. He said he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, and that fighting would end at 4 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
"This is designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities," Biden said. "What is left of Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations will not be allowed to threaten the security of Israel again.”
Israel will gradually withdraw its forces over 60 days as Lebanon's army takes control of territory near its border with Israel to ensure that Hezbollah does not rebuild its infrastructure there, Biden said.
(UNIFIL, thank you for your decades of whatever you where suppose to have done in Lebanon I guess)
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"Civilians on both sides will soon be able to safely return to their communities," he (Biden) said.
Hezbollah has not formally commented on the ceasefire but senior official (& two months ago their janitor) Hassan Fadlallah told Lebanon's Al Jadeed TV that while it supported the extension of the Lebanese state’s authority, the group would emerge from the war stronger.
(Pagers are already being issued)
A ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah came into effect at 0200 GMT on Wednesday after U.S. President Joe Biden said both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the United States and France.
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Iran, which backs Hezbollah, the Palestinian group Hamas as well as the Houthi rebels that have attacked Israel from Yemen, has not publicly commented on the ceasefire.
Netanyahu said he was ready to implement a ceasefire but would respond forcefully to any violation by Hezbollah,
or what’s left of it.
He said the ceasefire would allow Israel to focus on the threat from Iran, give the army an opportunity to rest and replenish supplies, and isolate Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that triggered war in the region when it attacked Israel from Gaza last year.
"In full coordination with the United States, we retain complete military freedom of action. Should Hezbollah violate the agreement or attempt to rearm, we will strike decisively," Netanyahu said.
A senior U.S. official, briefing reporters on condition of anonymity, said the U.S. and France would join a mechanism with the UNIFIL peacekeeping force that would work with Lebanon's army to deter potential violations of the ceasefire. U.S. combat forces would not be deployed, the official said.