Israel, Hezbollah accept ceasefire proposed by US, France: Joe Biden
Israel, Hezbollah accept ceasefire proposed by US, France: Joe Biden
A truce between Israel and the Hezbollah group backed by Iran is set to begin on Wednesday following the acceptance of a negotiated settlement facilitated by the United States and France, as stated by U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday. Biden delivered comments at the White House shortly after the security cabinet of Israel approved the deal with a vote of 10-1, noting that he had spoken with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati of Lebanon. The hostilities are expected to cease at 4 a.m. local time (0200 GMT), he indicated.
"This initiative is intended to be a definitive halt to hostilities," Biden mentioned. "The remnants of Hezbollah and other terrorist factions will be prohibited from posing any further threats to the security of Israel."
Biden explained that Israel will progressively withdraw its forces over a span of 60 days while the Lebanese army takes command of areas adjacent to its border with Israel to ensure that Hezbollah does not reconstruct its infrastructure in those regions. "Residents on both sides will soon have the ability to return to their neighborhoods safely," he remarked.
French President Emmanuel Macron celebrated the deal's signing on the social media platform X, referring to it as “the result of endeavors made over several months in collaboration with the Israeli and Lebanese authorities, alongside the United States.” Mikati from Lebanon released a statement expressing support for the agreement. Earlier, Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib mentioned that the Lebanese army would be prepared to deploy at least 5,000 troops in southern Lebanon as Israeli forces remove themselves.
Netanyahu expressed his readiness to execute the ceasefire agreement and warned that he would respond vigorously to any breaches by Hezbollah.
Facing some dissent regarding the agreement from within his coalition government, Netanyahu stated that the ceasefire would provide an opportunity for Israel to concentrate on the threat from Iran, replenish exhausted ammunition supplies, allow the military a respite, and isolate Hamas, the militant group responsible for instigating conflict in the region when it launched an attack on Israel from Gaza last year.
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