President Joe Biden on Tuesday said the governments of Israel and Lebanon have accepted a proposal to “end the devastating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah," APA reports citing CNN.
The president heralded the development as “good news” while speaking from the Rose Garden on Tuesday.
US President Joe Biden said that the ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon will take effect starting at 4 a.m. local time on Wednesday.
“Under the deal reached today, effective at 4 a.m. tomorrow local time, the fighting across the Lebanese-Israeli border will end,” Biden said during remarks from the White House.
“This is designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities. What is left of Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations will not be allowed,” he added.