以色列美国内阁已经批准了美国支持的停火提议经过长时间的谈判后。
当地时间周二晚上,以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡已将该提议提交内阁批准。该协议以10比1获得通过,只有极右翼部长本·格维尔投票反对该计划。
以色列宣布了这项交易,随后不久,美国总统乔·拜登(Joe Biden)也在白宫发表了声明。拜登说,该协议将于当地时间凌晨4点生效。
拜登说,黎巴嫩军队和安全部队将在未来60天内部署在黎巴嫩南部,并控制真主党控制的领土。与此同时,以色列将在今后60天内撤出其部队,以便平民能够返回边界两边的家园。周二晚上,贝鲁特的爆炸事件仍在继续,尽管拜登结束了他的评论,该协议要到早上才会生效。
“以色列感谢美国对这一进程的贡献,并保留对任何威胁其安全的行为采取行动的权利,”以色列总理办公室说。
内塔尼亚胡早些时候在提交协议供批准时表示,该协议仍然取决于真主党的行动。
内塔尼亚胡在一份声明中说:“停火的持续时间取决于黎巴嫩发生的事情。”。“我们将执行协议,并对任何违反行为做出有力回应。我们将继续在一起,直到胜利。”
拜登在他的评论中回应了这些想法,他说:“让我明确一点,如果真主党或其他任何人违反协议,对以色列构成直接威胁,那么以色列保留自卫的权利,这符合国际法,就像任何国家在面对发誓要摧毁该国的恐怖组织时一样。”
总理称赞了战争各条战线上的“伟大成就”,包括杀死真主党领导人哈桑·纳斯鲁拉并在全国摧毁他们的武器。
内塔尼亚胡在讲话中说,“在美国的充分理解下,我们保持完全的军事行动自由”。“如果真主党违反协议,试图武装自己,我们将发动攻击。如果它试图更新边境附近的恐怖分子基础设施,我们将发动攻击。如果它发射火箭,如果它挖掘隧道,如果它开进来一辆装有导弹的卡车,我们将发动攻击。”
该协议不会影响以色列在加沙与哈马斯正在进行的战争。然而,拜登表示,美国将继续努力寻求加沙的和平。
拜登说:“正如黎巴嫩人民应该有一个安全和繁荣的未来,加沙人民也应该如此。”。“他们也应该结束战斗和流离失所。加沙人民经历了地狱般的煎熬,他们的世界完全破碎了。”
他继续说道,“加沙太多的平民遭受了太多的苦难,而哈马斯几个月来一直拒绝就真诚停火和人质交易进行谈判。所以现在,哈马斯有一个选择,他们唯一的出路就是释放人质,包括被他们扣押的美国公民。”
一名以色列官员告诉美国广播公司新闻,内塔尼亚胡周日晚上参加了与安全官员的会议,讨论与以色列在黎巴嫩的真主党对手停火。
这是正在进行的会谈的一部分,包括内塔尼亚胡上周在以色列与美国特使阿莫斯·霍赫斯坦的会晤。霍赫斯坦还前往贝鲁特,讨论可能的前进方向。
以色列官员表示,内塔尼亚胡随后在周二上午召开了一次安全内阁会议,讨论该协议并举行内阁投票。
10月,以色列入侵黎巴嫩南部,导致以色列和真主党激进组织之间的冲突升级。
上周末,当两国领导人努力协商停火协议时,紧张局势加剧。周日,真主党向以色列发射了约250枚火箭和其他射弹,这是该组织数月来最严重的报复行动之一。
Israeli cabinet approves ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah
Israel's cabinet has approved the U.S.-backedceasefire proposalbetween Israel and Hezbollah after prolonged negotiations.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had submitted the proposal to the cabinet for approval Tuesday evening local time. The deal was approved 10-1, with only far-right minister Ben Gvir voting against the plan.
Israel announced the deal, followed shortly after by an announcement at the White House by President Joe Biden. The deal will go into effect at 4 a.m. local time, Biden said.
The Lebanese army and security forces will deploy in southern Lebanon over the next 60 days and take control of the territory controlled by Hezbollah, Biden said. At the same time, Israel will withdraw its forces over the next 60 days in order for civilians to return to their homes on both sides of the border. The bombing continued in Beirut Tuesday evening, even as Biden wrapped up his comments, with the deal not going into effect until morning.
"Israel appreciates the US contribution to the process, and reserves its right to act against any threat to its security," the Israeli Prime Minister's Office said, translated from Hebrew.
Netanyahu said earlier, when submitting the deal for approval, that the deal still relies on the actions of Hezbollah.
"The duration of the ceasefire depends on what happens in Lebanon," Netanyahu said in a statement. "We will enforce the agreement and respond forcefully to any violation. We will continue together until victory."
Biden echoed those thoughts in his comments, saying, "Let me be clear, if Hezbollah, or anyone else, breaks the deal and poses a direct threat to Israel, then Israel retains the right to self-defense, consistent with international law, just like any country when facing a terrorist group pledged to that country's destruction."
The prime minister hailed "great achievements" on all fronts of the war, including killing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and destroying their weapons across the country.
"With full understanding with the United States, we maintain complete military freedom of action," Netanyahu said in the address, translated from Hebrew. "If Hezbollah violates the agreement and tries to arm itself -- we will attack. If it tries to renew terrorist infrastructure near the border -- we will attack. If it launches a rocket, if it digs a tunnel, if it brings in a truck with missiles -- we will attack."
The deal does not affect the ongoing war in Gaza being fought by Israel against Hamas. However, Biden said the U.S. will continue to work to find a peace in Gaza.
"Just as the Lebanese people deserve a future of security and prosperity, so do the people of Gaza," Biden said. "They too deserve an end to the fighting and displacement. People of Gaza have been through hell, their worlds absolutely shattered."
He continued, "Far too many civilians in Gaza have suffered far too much, and Hamas has refused for months and months to negotiate a good-faith ceasefire, and a hostage deal. And so now, Hamas has a choice to make their only way out is to release the hostages, including American citizens, which they hold."
Netanyahu attended a meeting with security officials on Sunday night regarding a ceasefire with Israel's Hezbollah adversaries in Lebanon, an Israeli official told ABC News.
This was part of ongoing talks, including Netanyahu's meeting last week in Israel with U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein. Hochstein also traveled to Beirut to discuss a potential way forward.
Netanyahu then held a security cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning to discuss the deal and hold a cabinet vote, Israeli officials said.
In October, Israel invaded southern Lebanon in an escalation of the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group.
Tensions heightened last weekend as the countries' leaders worked to negotiate a ceasefire deal. On Sunday, Hezbollah fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel in one of the group's heaviest retaliations in months.