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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he will ask his cabinet to approve a ceasefire proposal with Hezbollah, paving the way for an end to the nearly 14-month war.
Netanyahu said the vote is expected to take place later in the night.
"We will implement the agreement and respond forcefully to any violation. Together, we will continue until victory is achieved," Netanyahu said in a televised address.
It is not entirely clear when the implementation of the ceasefire would begin, and what its conditions would be.
This cease-fire does not affect Israel's war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which is showing no signs of ending. Hamas is declared a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union.
Lebanese officials have said Hezbollah also supports the deal. If approved by all parties, the deal would be a major step toward ending the war between Israel and Hezbollah, which has raised tensions across the region and raised fears of an even wider conflict between Israel and Hezbollah's backers. Iran.
Hezbollah, which controls southern Lebanon, has been designated a terrorist organization by the United States, while the European Union has blacklisted its armed wing but not its political party.
The agreement initially calls for a two-month ceasefire, and requires Hezbollah to have no armed presence in a large swath of southern Lebanon, while Israeli troops are required to return to their side of the border. Thousands of Lebanese troops and UN peacekeepers would be stationed in the south, and an international panel, chaired by the United States, would oversee implementation of the agreement by all parties.
But implementation remains a big question mark.
Israel has asserted its right to act if Hezbollah violates its obligations. Lebanese officials have refused to include this in the proposal. Israel's Defense Minister, Israel Katz, insisted on Tuesday that the military would strike Hezbollah if the UN peacekeeping force, known as UNIFIL, did not provide "effective implementation" of the agreement.
"If you don't act, we will act, and with great force," he said, speaking to UN special envoy Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.
As the Israeli cabinet met to discuss the ceasefire proposal, Israeli warplanes struck a residential building in central Beirut and issued new evacuation orders for 20 buildings in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital.
Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee hinted at more attacks, saying orders had been issued for about 20 buildings in the southern suburbs of Beirut, as well as a warning for the southern town of Naqoura, where the headquarters are located. of the UN peacekeeping mission, UNIFIL.
The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah erupted a year ago when the Iran-backed group began firing rockets into northern Israel in support of the Palestinian militant group Hamas - designated a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union - at the start of the Gaza war. .
In recent months, the conflict has escalated, as Israel has been relentlessly bombing southern Lebanon, the southern suburbs of Beirut and the Bekaa Valley, killing many of Hezbollah's top leaders and sending ground troops across the border.
For its part, Hezbollah has fired rockets deeper into Israel.
Israel's expanded operation has displaced more than 1.2 million people, according to the Lebanese government, which says more than 3,760 people have been killed and more than 10,000 wounded during a year of fighting.
Hezbollah rockets have killed at least 50 people in Israel, more than half of them civilians, according to Israeli authorities./ REL
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