President Joe Biden just confirmed that a cease-fire has been agreed to between the prime ministers of Israel and Lebanon. However, Israeli airstrikes continue to drop in Beirut before the agreement takes effect Wednesday morning.
On Tuesday, Biden announced in the White House Rose Garden that a deal brokered by France and the U.S. was reached between the Middle Eastern countries – who’ve been striking one another since October 2023.
“Under the deal reached today, effective at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow, local time, the fighting across the Lebanese/Israeli border will end,” Biden said. “This is designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities … What is left of Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations will not be allowed, I emphasize, will not be allowed, to threaten the security of Israel again.”