Israel and Lebanon Agree to Renew Ceasefire With Mutual Concessions and Pilot Security Zones
Israel and Lebanon agreed to renew a ceasefire that includes pilot security zones inside Lebanon where Hezbollah operatives would be banned. The deal was announced Wednesday after rocket fire and Israeli strikes that killed at least nine people.
The BbcIsrael and Lebanon agreed to renew a ceasefire that includes pilot security zones inside Lebanon where Hezbollah operatives would be banned. S. State Department said the agreement is contingent on a complete cessation of attacks by Hezbollah, among other conditions.
The deal was announced on Wednesday after Lebanon and Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel and Israeli strikes killed at least nine people in southern Lebanon. Lebanese state media reported that Israeli strikes continued on Thursday, with at least one strike causing casualties.
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said at least 10 people were killed and 27 injured in an Israeli strike in the heart of Beirut.
U.S. State Department released a statement announcing the agreement. BBC Correspondent John Sudworth reported from the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahieh in Beirut on the fragile nature of the ceasefire.
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