Israel and Lebanon have agreed to the terms of the ceasefire agreement to end the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, a senior US official told Axios on Monday.
The parties have yet to announce the agreement, but the security cabinet is expected to approve the deal on Tuesday, an Israeli source reported.
“We think we have a deal. We are at the goal line but haven’t crossed it yet. The Israeli cabinet needs to approve the deal on Tuesday, and something can always go wrong by then,” said the US official.
The report adds that the draft ceasefire agreement includes a 60-day transition period during which the Israeli military will withdraw from southern Lebanon, the Lebanese army will deploy in areas close to the border, and Hezbollah will move its weapons from north of the Litani River.
Lebanese sources told the Al-Hadath newspaper that a decision to end the war definitively has been made, awaiting an announcement to that effect. The Americans have informed Lebanese officials that the announcement on ending the war is expected within hours.
Channel 12 reported on Monday that IDF leaders told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that the time is ripe for a ceasefire.
Channel 14 News reported earlier on Monday that Netanyahu has revealed his strategy regarding a ceasefire in recent closed discussions.
Netanyahu said: “There’s a risk that the Biden administration will carry out unilateral actions against Israel similar to the end of the Obama period. Therefore, the right thing to do now is to go for a deal with Lebanon subject to a US guarantee that we can respond to any violation.”
Netanyahu clarified: “The basic condition is that we will decide what constitutes a ‘violation.’ In the meantime, the reservists will rest, and we will replenish the missing arms.”
He also referred to another important aspect of a possible ceasefire: “In addition, there is a need to disconnect the arenas. The moment we sign a ‘ceasefire’ with Hezbollah, despite the fact that they constantly link it to a similar ‘ceasefire’ in Gaza – we defeated them and unraveled the ties between them. This way, Gaza will remain isolated and the pressure to reach a hostage deal will increase.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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great news. This way Hezbollah can keep firing missiles and Israel wont be able to respond due to their ceasefire agreement. Also it’ll help Hezbollah catch a break to regroup. Looking forward!
Watch Hizbollah violate it and blame Israel
Israel and Lebanon or Israel and a paramilitary terrorist organization? Why should Lebanon be involved in brokering peace with a terror group undermining their own state sovereignty? And other questions.
I don’t get the opposition to the agreement here. In any ceasefire agreement there is the possibility the other side won’t abide by it. Why would anyone EVER make an ceasefire agreement? Say Hezbollah does violate the agreement and the fighting resumes, how is Israel worse off than they are now? There was never any Israeli plan to destroy Hezbollah completely , there was never any chance that Hezbollah would unconditionally surrender and disarm. It was always just a question of containment and long term deterrence. Had Hezbollah known then what they know now they never would have gotten so involved in this war. They won’t forget that next time.
What a joke unfortunately. They fire like 16,000 rockets and now they promise not to anymore and we say ok?. What gives? What is to be done to ensure that their stuff is destroyed and they are punished?
Please learn the story of King Saul and King Agog.
Waste of time. If you don’t root out the Hizbullah cancer completely out of Lebanon & criple Iran militarily & financially, your just delaying the inevitable and passing the buck for near-future soldiers down the road. All who’ve recently died in IDF would be in vain.
rightwriter, while sadly you are 100% correct, it’s Yiddishe lives who are the korbanos here. Your comment rings of sarcasm portending to make light of that fact!
Bibi showing cowardice again?! Finish ridding the globe of Hamass and Hezbollah! As Bibi has promised to the Hostages’ families snd of Israel!
Imagine this. A terrorist holding a hostage and gunpoint and the police trying to negotiate a deal… with the HOSTAGE!
The Lebanon ceasefire deal is dangerous, will lead to more death, and will increase suffering on all sides, ח”ו. The area from which Israel plans to retreat is necessary to ensure the safety of its citizens.
History has shown time and again, that no other nation, friend or foe, will endanger their own troops to defend Israeli lives. If the IDF relinquishes the territory, it will become a springboard for more terrorist activity. Even if Israel retains the right to eliminate threats, it will be ineffective.
In 1978, following Israel’s capture of this very same strip of land to fend off terrorist activity, the UN formed UNIFIL and, under resolutions 425-6, the Israel-allied South Lebanese army was to enforce the retreat of terror forces on Israel’s border.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe warned Israel against withdrawing its defensive forces, pointing to Code of Jewish Law, Chapter 329: “In a city near the border, even if they come only to plunder straw or hay, we must take up arms, even if this entails desecrating the Shabbat.”
Relinquishing land, even for promises of peace, will necessarily result in danger to life. UNIFIL and Israel’s withdrawal didn’t work in ‘78, nor did it in 2000, and it won’t work today. When Israel defends itself as Torah directs it to, it will achieve enduring peace.
https://x.com/Enduring_Peace/status/1861162521140314575?t=5UTN7rMsiHeLnPcNkKHUXg&s=19
I have come to the unequivocal conclusion that there is no one “stupider” and even cruel
As a Israeli Politician
Once again that bum (rich bum) Aryeh Deri has -for reasons best known to his warped self has again pushed a deal that weakens Israel
And the insane Israeli politicians are going along
If there was ever a time that Israel is strong and need not fear anyone nor any govt
And they always get the short end of the stick
Israel always does this
As if anyone with anything between their ears believes there won’t be any more missles
Here’s what’s going to happen (r”l) :
up to a few missles every day or so won’t be considered a violation
In The eyes of an Israeli politician Jewish blood is cheap and hefker
I don’t see how this could possibly be a negative thing. Obviously if Lebanon violates it, Israel will respond. That’s what happens when you don’t keep to the agreement. Regardless, this will save many innocent Israeli and Lebanese lives, and we can’t claim to preserve life as Jews and also oppose a ceasefire…?
While Netnayahu blamed Biden for forcing the ceasefire on them it was actually Trump who demanded of him to end the wars by the time he takes office. Netanyahu recently sent his representative Ron Dremer to speak to Trump about what Israel would do during the time leading up to his taking office. And apparently they got Trump to agree that the war in Gaza does not need to be ended before he takes office while the war in Lebanon should be. However for obvious reasons Netanyahu will not blame this on Trump so instead he blamed Biden.
And to all the comments that “Israel needs to finish the job” when Israel is a country that is wealthy enough to pay for its own planes and munitions and powerful enough to do as it pleases they can act accordingly. Until then Israel will be an American proxy that must obey its master.