• A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah came into effect on November 26 after both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the US and France.

• For nearly 14 months, a deadly conflict raged across the border that separates Israel and Lebanon — a conflict that began the day after the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel.

• Civilians on both sides have borne the brunt of the violence, with thousands killed and tens of thousands displaced.

• Lebanon’s army, which is tasked with helping to ensure the ceasefire holds, said it was preparing to deploy to the south of the country. 

• Over the next 60 days, the Lebanese Army and the State Security Forces will deploy and take control of their own territory once again.

• The ceasefire agreement comes after more than a year of heightened tensions along the ‘Blue Line’. 

• The United Nations has welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.

• The ceasefire does not address the devastating war in Gaza.

• The agreement, which promises to end a conflict across the Israeli-Lebanese border that has killed thousands of people since it was ignited by the Gaza war in 2023, is a major achievement for the US in the waning days of President Joe Biden’s administration.

• Israel shifted its focus from Gaza to Lebanon in September to secure its northern border from attacks by Hezbollah.

• The deal is likely to enable Israel to focus more closely on the conflict in shattered Gaza, where it has vowed to destroy its long-time enemy the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which led the  attacks on Israeli communities.

• More than 3,760 people have been killed by Israeli fire in Lebanon in the past year, many of them civilians, according to Lebanese health officials. The bombardment has driven 1.2 million people from their homes.

• Israel said its military aim had been to ensure the safe return of about 60,000 Israelis who fled from their communities along the northern border when Hezbollah started firing rockets at them in support of Hamas in Gaza.

• The Security Council resolution, adopted in the aftermath of the 2006 conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, calls for a cessation of hostilities as well as respect for the ‘Blue Line’ of separation between Israeli and Lebanese armed forces.

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