After more than a year of a bloody conflict connected to the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, US President Joe Biden announced a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah will begin on Wednesday.

After an Israeli official told CNN on Tuesday that the security cabinet of the country had approved a ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon, Biden made these statements from the Rose Garden on Tuesday.


The development was hailed as "good news" by the president.

According to Biden, the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon will go into effect on Wednesday at 4 a.m. local time.
Israeli airstrikes rocked Beirut shortly after Biden broke the news.

Israeli warplanes killed at least 24 people in strikes across Lebanon earlier Tuesday, prompting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to say he would urge his cabinet to accept a ceasefire deal mediated by the United States with Hezbollah.


Netanyahu clarified the ceasefire's three primary justifications, citing the Iranian threat as the primary one.

In order to put an end to the fighting that had lasted for almost 14 months, Netanyahu had previously stated that he would present the ceasefire to Cabinet ministers.

The agreement has no bearing on Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza, which is still going strong.

Netanyahu declared, "I promised you victory and we will achieve victory."