Israel Hezbollah war: Lebanon ceasefire explained
Hezbollah and Israel have agreed to halt their war - the ceasefire will last for sixty days and brings an end to more than a year of fighting between their forces.
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But the war in Gaza is still raging, Donald Trump is about to come to power and Israel has named Iran as its new focus.
Here we look at exactly what both sides have agreed to and explore why, after 13 months of bloodshed, they’ve signed a deal to pause the conflict.
With pressure on Israel growing from their allies in recent months, the United States President Joe Biden sounded optimistic when he announced that an agreement had been reached and was in effect on Wednesday 27 November.
But he is about to leave office and be replaced by Donald Trump - arguably even more pro-Israel. Trump has called for a ‘lasting peace’ in the region but with little detail yet on what that could mean for the countries involved.
Israel has given multiple reasons for agreeing to the ceasefire despite some opposition from its people and government figures - and the respite in fighting in the country’s north will allow its military to focus its efforts in Gaza, where nearly two million people are already displaced from their homes and more than 40,000 have been killed.
This is the Lebanon ceasefire and what’s next for the region explained.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:23 - How the latest conflict began
01:50 - What's in the ceasefire deal
02:27 - Why a deal is happening now
04:07 - Not everyone is happy
05:06 - Gaza, Trump and the wider war
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