BEIRUT: Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah are set to implement a ceasefire on Wednesday (Nov 27) as a part of a United States-proposed deal for a 60-day truce to finish greater than a yr of hostilities.
The textual content of the deal has not been printed and Reuters has not seen a draft.
Israel’s safety cupboard has authorised the deal and will probably be put to the entire cupboard for evaluate. Lebanon and Hezbollah have agreed to the proposal and the Lebanese cupboard will meet on Wednesday to formalise its approval.
The deal, negotiated by US mediator Amos Hochstein, is 5 pages lengthy and consists of 13 sections, in accordance with a senior Lebanese political supply with direct information of the deal.
Here’s a abstract of its key provisions.
HALT TO HOSTILITIES
The halt to hostilities is about to start 12 hours after an anticipated announcement on Tuesday night time, with each side anticipated to stop hearth by Wednesday morning, two senior Lebanese political sources with direct information of the deal mentioned.
One in every of them mentioned Israel was anticipated to “cease finishing up any navy operations in opposition to Lebanese territory, together with in opposition to civilian and navy targets, and Lebanese state establishments, by way of land, sea and air”.
All armed teams in Lebanon – which means Hezbollah and its allies – would halt operations in opposition to Israel, the supply mentioned.
ISRAELI TROOPS WITHDRAW
Two Israeli officers mentioned the Israeli navy would withdraw from southern Lebanon inside 60 days.
Lebanon had earlier pushed for Israeli troops to withdraw as rapidly as doable inside the truce interval, Lebanese officers advised Reuters. They now count on Israeli troops to withdraw inside the first month, the senior Lebanese political supply mentioned.
