Gaza Strip
“We need to see the mechanism is working,” said an Israeli security official. “It’s a gradual agreement. It’s a gradual withdrawal.”
Jerusalem believes the arms, including dozens of powerful explosives, were sent by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The IDF had reportedly known about the top-secret, camouflaged facility in eastern Lebanon for some time.
Hostilities with Hezbollah officially ended on the morning of Nov. 27 after more than a year of fighting.
“We have informed mediators in Egypt, Qatar and Turkey that Hamas is ready for a ceasefire agreement and a serious deal to exchange prisoners.”
“A ceasefire in Lebanon highlights the urgent need for the violence in Gaza to stop,” Irish Deputy Prime Minister Micheál Martin said.
Mumin al-Jabari, a member of the terror group’s Gaza City Brigade sniper unit, operated out of a former school, from which he coordinated attacks on Israeli forces, according to the IDF.
The Israel Defense Forces has warned residents of Southern Lebanon not to return to their villages until Israeli forces withdraw.
A new report by the Kohelet Policy Forum cites support for terrorism and corruption as key issues that need to be addressed before the P.A. can be considered for the role of governance in Gaza
The next test will be Lebanon’s presidential election, which Hezbollah can no longer prevent.
“Under the deal reached today, effective at 4 a.m. tomorrow, local time, the fighting across the Lebanese-Israeli border will end,” the U.S. president said.
“I had a good conversation with my successor-to-be, Sen. Rubio, the other day,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. “I look forward to meeting with him and to going over in detail exactly where we are and where we hope we can go.”
