President Joe Biden on Tuesday celebrated the acceptance of a ceasefire deal brokered by the United States to end the "devastating conflict" between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah after more than a year of fighting.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday officially announced a ceasefire deal between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, bringing about the end of the deadliest conflict between the two parties in decades as his term in office comes to a close.

The proposed deal is said to resemble the United Nations Security Council resolution which ended the 2006 war, but with more international support to push the Iran-backed armed group away from the border with Israel and bolster regular Lebanese army troops deploying there when Israeli forces withdraw.