Netanyahu recommends approval of cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is recommending that the country’s security cabinet agree to a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah brokered by the United States, he said in a taped video message Tuesday evening local time.

The prime minister hailed “great achievements” on all fronts of the war, including killing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and destroying their weapons throughout the country.

Netanyahu attended a meeting Sunday evening with security officials regarding a ceasefire with Israel’s Hezbollah opponents in Lebanon, an Israeli official told ABC News.

This was part of ongoing talks, including Netanyahu’s meeting last week in Israel with US special envoy Amos Hochstein. Hochstein also traveled to Beirut to discuss a potential way forward.

Netanyahu then held a meeting of security ministers on Tuesday morning to discuss the deal and hold a cabinet vote, Israeli officials said.

In October, Israel invaded southern Lebanon as an escalation of the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah.

Tensions rose last weekend as the countries’ leaders worked to negotiate a ceasefire agreement. On Sunday, Hezbollah fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel in one of the group’s heaviest retaliations in months.

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