A ceasefire deal that could end more than a year of cross-border fighting between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group won backing from Israeli leaders

Israel approved a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, setting the stage for an end to nearly 14 months of fighting linked to the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip

President Biden said the 60-day truce, which the United States helped broker, would take effect early Wednesday and was intended to become permanent, ending Lebanon’s deadliest war in decades.