OAN Staff Brooke Mallory
5:49 PM – Tuesday, November 26, 2024
President Joe Biden will leave the White House on January 20 after Israel and Hezbollah agreed to cease fighting in and around Lebanon's borders.thannounced Tuesday that the United States will launch a new effort to secure a ceasefire in Gaza in the coming days.
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Biden said the agreement to stop violence along the Israel-Lebanon border is scheduled to begin at 4 a.m. local time on Wednesday. Biden also added that the United States will continue to seek a similar agreement to end the conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, after both countries claimed they had reached a ceasefire agreement.
“In the coming days, the United States, along with Turkey, Egypt, Qatar, Israel and others, will further push for a ceasefire in Gaza that would allow for the release of the hostages and an end to the war without Hamas's power,” Biden said. said in a speech at the White House.
He went on to say he was “praying” that Israel and Hamas could reach an agreement. Biden has two months left in the White House before President-elect Trump takes office.
“Just as the Lebanese people have the right to a future of security and prosperity, so do the people of Gaza. They have the right to an end to fighting and displacement. Their world is completely shattered,” Biden continued. “Too many civilians have suffered too much in Gaza, and for months Hamas has refused to negotiate a good-faith ceasefire and hostage agreement.”
The president said a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, which has been at war for nearly two months, “brings us closer to a two-state solution” between Israel and the Palestinians and the cross-border peace he has advocated. ' he claimed. middle east.
Israel has carried out numerous attacks inside Lebanon, particularly in and around the populous capital Beirut. In the process, Israel succeeded in dismantling Hezbollah's infrastructure, leadership, ranks and secret bunkers along the border, according to Netanyahu.
The agreement calls for a 60-day ceasefire during which Hezbollah would withdraw its troops from Lebanon north of the Litani River and Israel would gradually withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon.
Meanwhile, the Lebanese army and national security forces will move into the border area, and a new enforcement system overseen by the United States, France and other countries will be introduced to prevent Hezbollah from rebuilding its infrastructure.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke about the expected deal early Tuesday, claiming that Israel, with Iranian support, had forced the US-designated terrorist group Hezbollah to go back “decades ago.”
He said maintaining peace along the northern border is necessary to isolate Hamas in the Gaza Strip, give troops a chance to relax and replenish, and draw attention to Iran.
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