Israel has accepted the ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah, indicates the Israeli security cabinet this Tuesday, November 26, 2024. The United States, the European Union and the United Nations have increased efforts in recent days to impose a truce between Israel and the Lebanese Islamist movement supported by Iran, who entered into open war at the end of September after months of exchanges of fire on the sidelines of the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
Beirut and Gaza targeted by Israeli strikes
Alongside diplomatic efforts, Israeli strikes intensified against Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon, where at least 31 people were killed on Monday, according to the Health Ministry. After increasing strikes on Monday on the southern suburbs of Beirut, the army on Tuesday called on residents of two of these neighborhoods to evacuate.
The Israeli army is also continuing its strikes on the besieged Gaza Strip, where eleven people were killed overnight from Monday to Tuesday, according to Civil Defense. At the start of winter, thousands of displaced people are trying with paltry means to protect themselves from the rain.
The war that has been raging since October 2023 in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas has spread to Lebanon since September, after a year of exchanges of fire on both sides of the border between the Israeli army and Hezbollah, ally of the Palestinian Islamist movement. Tens of thousands of civilians have been displaced in the border regions of northern Israel and southern Lebanon.
