Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he agreed to a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah on Tuesday.
Israel and Hezbollah have been locked in conflict since October 2023, and hostilities between the two have only risen in recent months. Netanyahu announced on Tuesday he would press his security cabinet to agree to the current ceasefire deal on the table, noting that Israel’s priorities in the ongoing Middle East conflict have shifted. (RELATED: Ukraine And Russia Scramble To Make Territorial Gains In Anticipation That Trump Will Push For Peace Deal)
“I have said many times that a good agreement is an agreement that can be enforced, and we will enforce it,” Netanyahu said in an address.
If the deal is fully agreed to on Wednesday, a full-scale ceasefire will go into effect immediately. Israel will have 60 days to withdraw its forces from southern Lebanon, which will…