Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a permanent ceasefire in cross-border hostilities between the Jewish state and Hezbollah militants.

President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a deal brokered by the U.S. "to end the devastating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah."

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.

After confirming that Israel has approved a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, President Joe Biden said his administration "in the coming days" would make a renewed push for a ceasefire in Gaza.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday touted a cease-fire deal between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah after more than a year of fighting between the two sides. In the Rose Garden, Biden said he’d spoken with the leaders of Lebanon and Israel this afternoon and that both governments agreed to the cease-fire beginning at 4 a.

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