Israeli security cabinet approved ceasefire for Lebanon

Although the deal has not yet been officially announced, it is assumed that the 60-day hiring of the hostility is aimed at implementing the UN Security Council resolution 1701, in the hope that it could form the basis for permanent peace.

background to resolution 1701

The resolution 1701 was adopted to end a 34-day war between Israel and Lebanon in 2006 and maintained relative calm in the region for almost two decades. This calm lasted until a day after the attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7 of the last year, when the Hisbollah attacked solidarity and sparked more than a year.

military developments

The resolution stated that Israel has to pull all of its troops from the south of Lebanon and that only the Lebanese army and the UN peacekeepers may be armed south of the Litani river. A symbolic milestone was reached when Israeli soldiers reached the Litani River for the first time since the beginning of the ground operations in Lebanon.

In the hours before the vote, Israel increased his attacks on Beirut considerably and for the first time in this conflict in this conflict to the central areas of the city and not only on the southern suburbs dominated by the Hezbollah. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, at least 10 people were killed in the attacks on the central Beirut.

statements by the Prime Minister

reactions to the deal

Although the deal represents a significant breakthrough-after months of negotiations, which a spokesman for the US State Department described as "incredibly frustrating"-it is still unclear whether it will lead to permanent peace.

Before the vote, the deal came to angry reactions from the extreme factions in Netanyahus coalition and at concern for citizens in northern Israel, many of them were expelled by the conflict, as were the residents of the southern Lebanon on the other side of the border.

The right -wing extremist minister of national security, Itamar Ben Gvir, described the deal on Monday as a "historical mistake", which did not achieve the main goal of the war, the return of the displaced Israelis to the north. Ben Gvir has also worked for a long time to thwart potential ceasefire agreements between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

local reactions and outlook

Mayor of the northernmost communities of Israel was indignant about reports that Netanyah's government wanted to approve the deal. One of them referred to him as "surrender and shame historical scale".

avihay Shter, the mayor of Kiryat Shmona, where the attacks of the Hezbollah drove the residents out of their houses, asked the Israeli managers to “stop and to think about the children of Kiryat Shhmona” before they approved the ceasefire deal.

"I don't understand how we got to total surrender from absolute victory," wrote Shter in a Facebook post that he shared with CNN.

In his speech, Netanyahu emphasized that Israel will react "with emphasis" if the Hisbollah violates the agreement and tries to arm itself again. "If you try to rebuild terrorist infrastructure near the border, we will attack. If you fire a rocket when you dig a tunnel, if you introduce a truck with rockets, we will attack," said Netanyahu in a passionate speech.

This story has been updated with further developments.