Israel's Cabinet has approved the ceasefire after urging from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Summary

President Biden announced a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, effective Wednesday, ending over a year of deadly conflict that killed nearly 3,800 in Lebanon and displaced over 1.2 million.

The deal requires Hezbollah to pull forces 20 miles from Israel’s border, Israeli troop withdrawals within 60 days, and joint patrols by Lebanese forces and UN peacekeepers.

Biden emphasized Israel’s right to self-defense if terms are violated.

France supported implementation efforts, while Iran and Trump’s team were briefed.

Fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza remains unresolved.

  • Bob Robertson IX@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    1 hour ago

    Mr. Biden said if Hezbollah or anyone else breaks the deal and poses a direct threat to Israel, then Israel retains the right to self-defense.

    And if Israel breaks the deal then the Lebanese people have a right to self defense, too.

  • AmidFuror@fedia.io
    101·
    3 hours ago

    Is it only young people commenting under this post? Everyone is so skeptical as if Hezbollah and Israel haven’t gone through this numerous times in the past.

    Will it last forever? It never has before. Will it dramatically reduce hostilities for a period of time? Very likely.

  • GluWu@lemm.eeEnglish
    73·
    3 hours ago

    …within 60 days. So a week after trumps inauguration. What a coincidence.

    • Kbobabob@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      46 minutes ago

      It’s probably hard to broker any deals longer than that because no one really knows what that orange turd is going to do.

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    358·
    5 hours ago

    How much you want to bet Israelis are going to be building houses all up in that 20-mile zone almost immediately?

  • b161@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    611·
    4 hours ago

    All Israelis are interested in is global domination and enslaving humans. Wouldn’t trust them for a second.

      • b161@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        5·
        1 hour ago

        Relentless genocide including the most dehumanizing actions you could think of, calling themselves “God’s chosen people”, viewing other people as needing to be annihilated or enslaved, the Hannibal Directive, the Samson Option. You know, the standard evil super villain shit.