Overview
- The 10-day truce between Israel and Lebanon, announced by President Donald Trump and signed by Benjamin Netanyahu and Joseph Aoun, took effect on Thursday local time.
- Lebanon’s army reported Israeli fire and shelling after the ceasefire began, with local media citing a drone strike that killed one person in the south.
- Netanyahu said Israeli forces will hold a 10‑kilometre security zone in southern Lebanon and that any lasting peace hinges on Hezbollah’s disarmament and weaker Iranian influence.
- Reporting on the deal’s terms says both sides retain the right to act against planned or imminent attacks, a carve‑out that complicates enforcement during the 10‑day pause.
- India, the UAE, the UK, Russia, and Pakistan welcomed the pause as Iranian and U.S. envoys pursued talks in Islamabad, while Lebanon’s health ministry said 98 people were killed in strikes the day before the truce, leaving more than a million displaced and in urgent need of relief.