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The U.S. embassy in Beirut confirms that Hezbollah has accepted a proposal by the United States for a “mutual cessation of attacks" after Israel threatened Beirut with strikes on t
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In Short: The U.S. has brokered a mutual cessation of attacks between Hezbollah and Israel, following Israeli threats against Beirut. The agreement does not end the conflict but calls for both sides to refrain from strikes.
The U.S. has mediated a mutual cessation of attacks between Hezbollah and Israel, following Israeli threats against Beirut. According to the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Hezbollah has pledged not to attack Israel, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to pull back troops preparing to attack Beirut and its southern suburbs controlled by Hezbollah.
The agreement, however, does not end the conflict. Lebanon’s embassy in Washington stated that Israel should refrain from strikes on Beirut and its southern suburbs, while Hezbollah would halt its attacks on Israel. Netanyahu, however, stated that Israel would continue military operations in southern Lebanon, where ground forces are pushing their deepest incursion in 25 years.
Several Lebanese sources told AFP that Beirut supports maintaining a UN presence in Lebanon after the current mission expires, despite opposition from the U.S. and Israel. Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah said the militia would support a full ceasefire across all of Lebanon as a precursor to the withdrawal of Israeli troops, and Lebanon plans to seek to expand the ceasefire in talks with Israel in Washington DC on Wednesday.
The UN has issued a stark warning about surging Israeli settler terror in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem, citing a sharp increase in Palestinian casualties, with at least 13 killed and close to 500 injured in five months amid the 'settler brutality.
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Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest.
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- The group of 14, including the UN’s special rapporteur for Palestine, Francesca Albanese, cited a sharp increase in the number of Palestinian casualties in settler attacks this year, saying at least 13 had been…
- Donald Trump announced Israel and Hezbollah had agreed to “stop shooting” at each other in a mutual de-escalation.
- Hezbollah had pledged through intermediaries not to attack Israel, and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to pull back any troops preparing to attack Beirut, the US president said.
- Lebanon’s embassy in Washington said the agreement would not end the conflict but that it called for Israel to refrain from strikes on Beirut and its southern suburbs controlled by Hezbollah, while the Iran-aligned…
- Netanyahu said Israel would continue military operations in southern Lebanon, where ground forces are pushing their deepest incursion in 25 years.
- The Israeli military said early on Tuesday it had intercepted two projectiles that crossed from Lebanon into northern Israel, with no injuries reported.
- Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah said the militia would support a full ceasefire across all of Lebanon as a precursor to the withdrawal of Israeli troops.