Israel Approves Ceasefire Deal In Lebanon
JAKARTA - Israel's security cabinet approved a ceasefire agreement with Lebanon. The deal is expected to take effect on Wednesday, November 27.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has previously reportedly preferred to vote on a possible ceasefire agreement in Lebanon before the country's security cabinet over the entire cabinet.
This was conveyed by a source familiar with the matter to CNN on Tuesday, November 26. Netanyahu is examining the legality of the agreement. move.
Israeli media quoted officials as saying the move was legally possible, as the potential ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon was considered a security issue and not a political issue.
Things like this are usually decided by the entire cabinet. But in this case, the source said Netanyahu preferred to take the vote to a smaller forum in the security cabinet.
The claims supporting the move are that this is a security agreement, a temporary ceasefire agreement, and not a political agreement such as a permanent peace agreement, a border agreement or normalization.
There are 11 ministers who have voting rights in Israel's security cabinet. This includes far-right minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich.
By voting in the entire cabinet, it means that there are 33 ministers who have votes in this decision-making.
Before agreeing to a ceasefire agreement, the Israeli military bombed the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, 20 times in two minutes on Tuesday afternoon. The attack marks one of the most intensive bombing military operations near the Lebanese capital since the start of the war more than two months ago.
"20 terror targets in the last 120 seconds the IDF has attacked terror targets in Beirut, including administrative targets and the location of Hezbollah's money storage," Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee said in a post on X.
The attack comes just minutes before the Israeli cabinet is scheduled to meet to make a vote on a possible ceasefire with Hezbollah.
A large puff of smoke enveloped Beirut after a series of attacks took place in Dahiyeh, a settlement in the southern suburbs of the capital which is also Hezbollah's center of power.