The truce agreement in Lebanon that paused the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah was extended until February 18, as announced this Sunday, which he exercised as a mediator in the negotiations.
“The agreement between Lebanon and Israel, supervised by the United States, will remain in force until February 18, 2025,” said the White House in a statement.
In the same note, the administration of the new president of the United States, Donald Trump, announced the beginning of negotiations with the governments of Israel and Lebanon to “the return of the Lebanese prisoners captured after October 7, 2023”.
This Sunday the Fire Fire agreement expired in Lebanon announced last November by the then president of the United States, Joe Biden. This pact established the withdrawal of the Israeli troops of southern Lebanon and the replication of the Chií Hezbollah group north of the Litani River, about 30 kilometers north of the border with Israel.
The Israeli government has already announced last Friday that it would not take its strength in time, still present in Lebanon since the invasion it launched on October 1, claiming that the other party has incurred delays when implementing the tasks that were assigned.
Israel has retired from most of the east sector, but continues in various parts of the southern part of the country.
The residents of the southern Lebanon tried to enter their towns occupied by Israel this Sunday, but the attempt ended 22 dead and 124 wounded by shooting of Israeli troops in different parts of the border strip.
Given the incidents of this Sunday, the newly appointed Lebanese president, Joseph Aoun, just asked for “self -control” to the population and to ensure in a statement that he was following the matter “at the highest levels”
For his part, Hezbollah congratulated those displaced by clinging to “each grain of sand” of their land and demonstrating that they are “loyal guardians of the sovereignty of the homeland.”
