Macron: Ceasefire 'Secures Israel From Threat Of Hezbollah'

7 “‘Get ready; be prepared, you and all the hordes gathered about you, and take command of them.8 After many days you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety. 9 You and all your troops and the many nations with you will go up, advancing like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land. (Ezekiel 38)

In joint statement, Biden and Macron say ceasefire ‘secures Israel from threat of Hezbollah’

AFP

A ceasefire to end hostilities between Israel and Lebanon will protect Israel from the threat of Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah and create the conditions for a “lasting calm,” US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron say.

“The announcement today will cease the fighting in Lebanon, and secure Israel from the threat of Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations operating from Lebanon,” the two leaders say in a joint statement, adding that the deal “will create the conditions to restore lasting calm.”

The US and France will work “to ensure this arrangement is fully implemented” and lead international efforts for “capacity-building” of the Lebanese army, they add.

IDF issues fresh evacuation warnings for Beirut as strikes reportedly hit Lebanon-Syria border

With just over four hours to go until a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, the IDF issues evacuation warnings for three buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs ahead of airstrikes.

Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman, publishes maps alongside the announcement, which call on civilians to distance themselves at least 500 meters from the sites.

The evacuation warnings come as Israeli airstrikes are reported in Beirut, as well as on the Syria-Lebanon border.

Lebanese media outlets report that an apartment was struck in the capital a short while ago.

Meanwhile, Syria’s state news agency SANA says that Israeli warplanes hit the Arida and Dabousiya border crossings with Lebanon, in the Tartus Governorate.

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