A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has been reached at the suggestion of the United States.
The head of state stressed that he had personally spoken with the prime ministers of Israel and Lebanon. Biden expressed joy that the governments of both countries had accepted Washington’s offer to end the “destructive conflict” between Israel and the Hezbollah movement.
According to telegraph, US Representative Mike Waltz, said that “everyone is coming to the table because of President Trump.”
Everyone is coming to the table because of President Trump.
His resounding victory sent a clear message to the rest of the world that chaos won’t be tolerated. I’m glad to see concrete steps towards deescalation in the Middle East.
But let’s be clear: The Iran Regime is the…
— Rep. Mike Waltz (@michaelgwaltz) November 26, 2024
According to The Times of Israel that, after Israel signed a ceasefire agreement that concluded Operation Pillar of Defense — an eight-day campaign that involved no boots on the ground — Liberman hailed the government’s judgment.
“Israel must now crush the Hamas infrastructure and we must not stop until the job is completed, until the shooting at Israeli citizens will be stopped completely and Gaza is demilitarized from both rockets and tunnels,” Communications Minister Gilad Erdan said said.
Only the US voted against, using its veto as a permanent council member to block the resolution. Robert Wood, deputy US ambassador to the UN, said Washington had made clear it would only support a resolution that explicitly calls for the immediate release of hostages as part of a ceasefire.
“A durable end to the war must come with the release of the hostages. These two urgent goals are inextricably linked. This resolution abandoned that necessity, and for that reason, the United States could not support it,” he said.
“Over the coming days, the United States will make another push with Turkey, Egypt, Qatar, Israel and others to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza.”
According to middle east eye, However, Netanyahu’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, called the proposed ceasefire a “historic mistake” as it does not include a buffer zone in southern Lebanon.
“In order to leave Lebanon, we must have our own security belt, he posted on X.
In turn, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon a “historic mistake.”
