Ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah begins
It is now 4am local time (02:00 GMT) on Wednesday in Lebanon and Israel where a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, announced by the United States and welcomed by Lebanon and world leaders, has now begun.
Ceasefire will hold if people of Israel, Lebanon treated as equals: analyst
Rami Khouri, a distinguished fellow at the American University of Beirut, told Al Jazeera the ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon “has been worked on very carefully” and so should be expected to succeed, at least in the initial stages.
Whether the deal holds up in the longer term will depend on “if the Lebanese people and the Israeli people both feel, with evidence, that they’re treated as equals,” he added.
This will depend on whether the United States, France and the United Kingdom are willing to “drop their colonial ways and work to make sure that both Lebanese and Israelis are protected from each other… with diligent monitoring and diligent UN action on the border.”
In other words, it likely won't :/
Hezbollah couldn’t stop the genocide in Gaza – Marwan Bishara
Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara says that despite Hezbollah launching attacks on Israel since October 2023, the Lebanese armed group has not been able to reach its stated goal of ending Israel’s devastating war on the Gaza Strip.
“Regardless of Hezbollah’s intentions and planning and capacity to project power and to launch rockets, in the end of the day Hezbollah could not stop the genocide in Gaza,” he said.
The problem is the US' ironclad support for genocide. It could have worked without that. Yet all they did is funnel more US tax money to Israel.
Israeli military spokesman warns Lebanese civilians not to return home as ceasefire begins
Avichay Adraee has warned Lebanese civilians against returning home despite a ceasefire coming into effect, saying Israeli authorities “will inform you of the safe date to return”.
“With the ceasefire agreement coming into effect, and in accordance with its provisions, the [Israeli military] continues to be prepared in its positions in southern Lebanon,” the Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesman said.
“Do not move towards the villages that the [Israeli military] evacuated or towards [Israeli military] forces in the area. For your protection and the safety of your families, avoid reaching the area,” he added.
Displaced people who fled their homes due to Israeli evacuation orders sit along a road in Beirut, Lebanon, on November 26
