A spokesman for the National Security Council said At the White House John Kirby, during a press conference, on Monday, that a ceasefire agreement had been reached in Lebanon It became “soon”.
And exchange Hezbollah Israel has been shooting at the border since October 8, 2023, the day after the Hamas attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza.
And I stepped up Israel The war last September, where it killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and most of the party’s main leaders in a wave of air strikes, and its ground forces penetrated into South Lebanon In early October.
A senior Israeli security official revealed on Sunday that the hostage deal in Gaza has become “closer than ever” due to military pressure on Hamas, saying that the movement is ready to give up previous conditions.
The official spoke to the Israeli newspaper “Jerusalem Post”, saying that Hamas “has become under tremendous pressure, and is no longer able to coordinate with the Lebanese Hezbollah, which is increasingly involved in the war, nor with Iran “which faces its own problems.”
According to the newspaper report, “agitation “It is interested in reaching an agreement, and is ready to give up its previous demand to stop the war completely.”