Since the Israel-Hamas war erupted on October 7, Lebanon’s southern border with Israel has witnessed deadly exchanges of fire, primarily involving the Israeli army and Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group, an Iranian proxy, as well as Palestinian terror groups.
Hezbollah has signaled it will stop its attacks on Israel, which it has launched on a daily basis throughout the Jewish state’s war with Hamas in Gaza, during the days of the truce.
Though Jerusalem has not committed to reciprocating, US President Joe Biden reportedly told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make efforts to ensure calm on the northern border during the truce.
“A precarious calm reigned on the southern border, with the humanitarian truce in Gaza coming into effect at 7:00 in the morning (0500 GMT),” Lebanon’s official National News Agency reported. READ MORE
