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Jerusalem IRNA Nov 27, 2024
A ceasefire in Lebanon was announced by the Israeli cabinet at 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday by a vote of 10 to 1, according to a statement by the Prime Minister's Office.
President Biden announced that the deal would take effect at 4 a.m. Wednesday morning.
The ceasefire deal for Lebanon will provide the conditions needed for a return to calm in the country, and France and the United States will both work to ensure the ceasefire is fully implemented, US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron said in a joint statement.
This comes after several days of strained last-minute negotiation, in which Israel pushed for the removal of France as guarantor of the security situation in Lebanon, citing current diplomatic tensions between France and Israel.
The deal passed through the war and general cabinet before being fully approved. Netanyahu also ran the ceasefire past by the heads of the local authorities in the North, many of whom responded with anger at being told the deal would not lead to an immediate return to their homes.
Members of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee demanded Defense Minister Israel Katz present the ceasefire agreement to them before final approval.
Fadlallah called the final hours before the ceasefire "dangerous, sensitive hours," given that the IDF launched a large-scale attack on Beirut earlier on Tuesday.
MK Zvi Sukkot, Otzmah Yehudit, said he would support a ceasefire as the IDF had managed to remove 80% of the leading figures in Hezbollah, reversing his previous opposition.
Several other right-wing figures have come out either conditionally approving or rejecting the ceasefire, including Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Naftali Bennett.
support for the Lebanese resistance, nation, and government, saying that Tehran welcomes the end of the Israeli regime’s aggression against Lebanon as part of a ceasefire agreement.
The talks were held in Tehran on Wednesday with the participation of the Secretary-General of Iran's High Council of Crisis Management Hossein Sajedinia and the UN Resident Coordinator for the Islamic Republic of Iran Stefan Priesner.
After the talks, Sajedinia said the meeting was the beginning of the process to promote international cooperation in crisis management.
He said that cooperation with the UN can help Iran, which has good records on extending humanitarian aid to the international community and the neighbors during natural disasters, accomplish its holy mission to assist humans in the regional states and all over the world.