A 60-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has officially taken effect, providing a significant pause in the intense cross-border conflict that has persisted for over a year. Brokered by international mediators, the agreement facilitates the withdrawal of Hezbollah forces from southern Lebanon and the deployment of the Lebanese army to the region. While the truce offers a path toward stability along the Lebanon-Israel border, regional tensions remain high as the broader conflict in the Gaza Strip continues without a similar resolution.
- The ceasefire agreement establishes an initial 60-day period intended to lead to a permanent cessation of hostilities.
- Under the terms of the deal, Hezbollah is required to move its armed forces north of the Litani River.
- The Lebanese Armed Forces are tasked with deploying thousands of troops to the southern border zone to maintain security.
- The diplomatic breakthrough was reached following intensive mediation efforts led by the United States and France.
- Israel has maintained that its military retains the right to strike if the terms of the agreement are violated by Hezbollah.
- The cessation of fighting has allowed thousands of displaced civilians from both northern Israel and southern Lebanon to begin returning to their communities.
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They are Dropping Munitions on Iran
as we speak. 😊
Tel Aviv is going to have a very starry night again.
Iran's Fars News Agency reported on Wednesday that there is evidence of the United Arab Emirates launching strikes on at least two locations in Iran after the temporary ceasefire agreement entered into effect.
The report cited allegations that there is a 90% likelihood that the UAE was behind the attack on the Lavan refinery, possibly conducted by a supersonic Mirage fighter jet. At the same time, unconfirmed reports connected that country to a strike on a military site in the coastal city of Bandar Abbas. Moreover, the UAE military transport planes were reportedly observed in Israeli airspace at the end of March.
The Iranian authorities are constantly lying and trying to create nuclear weapons.
A drone attacked Saudi Arabia's key oil pipeline to the Red Sea . The target was an oil pumping station. The extent of the damage is currently being assessed, according to Bloomberg and the Financial Times.
The attacked pipeline is approximately 1,200 kilometers long. State-owned Saudi Aramco uses it to reroute oil around the Strait of Hormuz. Its daily throughput reaches 7 million barrels. Its destination is the port of Yanbu on the Red Sea. From here, the oil is exported.
A ceasefire against Lebanese Hezbollah was part of the temporary ceasefire agreement in the Middle East, but Israel is ignoring the agreement and continues to bomb southern Lebanon. If attacks on Hezbollah continue, Iran will withdraw from the peace agreement. Tehran has again suspended shipping through the Strait of Hormuz due to Israeli strikes.
"Iran will withdraw from the ceasefire agreement if Israel continues to violate the ceasefire with its attacks on Lebanon.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has already discussed this issue with the Pakistani army chief, informing him of the ongoing violations. Trump, for his part, stated that Lebanon and Hezbollah are allegedly not part of the US-Iran deal, although this is one of Tehran's basic demands, included in the peace plan handed over to him by the US. According to some reports, Iran is considering a retaliatory operation against Israel.
Apparently, the ceasefire will be short-lived, which, however, plays into Israel's hands, as Tel Aviv initially opposed the ceasefire.
The violent Israeli strikes that targeted the capital, Beirut, the Beqaa Valley and southern Lebanon claimed the lives of over a hundred people.
“The Israeli enemy’s airstrikes on numerous Lebanese areas, reaching the capital Beirut, have led, in an updated non-final toll, to 112 martyrs and 837 wounded,” the Lebanese health ministry said in a statement.
Hezbollah, which halted operations with the start of the ceasefire, said that it has a “right” to respond to the Israeli strikes on Lebanon.
“We affirm that the blood of the martyrs and the wounded will not be shed in vain, and that today’s massacres, like all acts of aggression and savage crimes, confirm our natural and legal right to resist the occupation and respond to its aggression,” the group said in a statement.
An Iranian security source later told the Fars news agency that the Islamic Republic is considering “deterrent operations” against Israel in response to what happened in Lebanon.
WHY do we have to talk about and discuss Trump’s methods like he’s NORMAL
The wreckage of an interceptor missile found in southern Israel on April 7 provided the first evidence that the country’s multi-layered air defense network is facing a shortage.
Video footage of the wreckage, determined to belong to a Stunner interceptor fired from a David’s Sling air defense system, surfaced online just a few hours before the United States announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran. Israel voiced its support of the ceasefire, which came 39 days after the start of the war on the Islamic Republic.
The interceptor, found in the Arab Bedouin town of Tel Sheva, carried markings indicating that it was only produced in January of this year.
This indicates that Israel burned through most of its Stunner stockpiles, and was using interceptors produced just a few months before the start of the war on Iran.
There was no ceasefire only Trumps opportunity to manipulate the oil markets , a billion dollar bet was placed just minutes before he made his announcement
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There's been no regime change in Israel, Russia, USA or Iran. Israel didn't agree to a ceasefire. There is no ceasefire. Save your breath to bait a real hook.
israel will not let the cease fire work, they don't want it.
Not by a long shot…
All the so called "Ceasefires", anywhere in the world, brokered by Trump🤡are "Fragile". Wait and see 😅😂
The english have more relaxed media than america.its hard to make ends meet in america.i have had my house robbed,my car stolen.
Israel determined to put austerity on the world by sabotage . Great Depression maybe that’s the plan Iran opened the strait and now closed due to Israel sabotage Jane is pro Israel she was groomed by Israeli flattery but this was good got most points out
No.
What a relief we are back from the brink. Great scoop from the BBC.
The whole world thought ceasefire meant US/Israel, not just USA. They are lying and cheating. Iran dont be tricked.
😅This means that Iran's ceasefire will be only with the USA and not with Israel. Just as Israel did not have to ceasefire with Lebanon, similarly Iran did not have to ceasefire with Israel, right. Israel is itching for war, Trump should not interfere between Iran and Israel. And let them fight, Israel will come to its senses. They are so greedy that they illegally occupy other countries. They don't care about UN,war crimes, human rights and world law and Order.😂
Well this got outdated in record time.
So Trump was not happy with Indias stance with Russia, and of Course Chinas Stance with Russia. Now we have seen the Bombs and Misiles landing everywhere from Israel, America Iran. And now we have Pakistan thrown into the mix (an actual Nuclear power) I am not sure where all this is going folks 🤔 … Maybe everyone should just try to get on as friends, and stop trying to steal each other's wealth, and Stop killing Each other 😢 I would love everyone just to get on, and powers that be to STOP trying to make points "For their own personal,diplomatic gains" ✌️😎GK
Vice President Trump should beg US President Netanyahu to stop the bombing of Iran and Lebanon, or this war will never end.
The great bulk of Iranians oppose the government they have now? Do surveys say that?
The regimes of the United States of America and Israel must be classified as war criminals and terrorists. These two terrorist regimes have killed more than 300,000 children and women among civilians over the past two years, committing genocide in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, and Iran. The world must stand against this terrorism and bring them to trial as soon as possible.