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To get around the issue, media reports had suggested that the US would issue a letter supporting Israel's right to act,
Even its imperfect implementation in 2006 brought over 16 years of relative peace and stability. Both sides are ready for that."
Resolution 1701 was often criticized, Abercrombie-Winstanley pointed out The question is how committed the US-led effort will be to police the agreement, to remain steadfast in its own role to ensure enforcement."
However, Ozcelik continued This is now when the hard work begins to ensure that violations are not committed by either party,
The challenge would be, for the Americans, is if Hezbollah is not implementing the agreement,
Then the whole thing will collapse right away and Israel will resume the war,
Just as the Lebanese people deserve a future of security and prosperity, so do the people of Gaza. They too deserve an end of the fighting and displacement,
Mr. Biden said Tuesday at the White House It's not safe to go home,
Israeli Eliyahu Maman said as the truce silenced the rocket-fire For every violation, ... we will attack with might."
We have learned from the past, ... and we have designed this deal to be long-standing and to stay in effect - to continue to sustain the peace and also to ensure the security of the State of Israel."
The countries that support [the Israelis] must provide guarantees,
We feel this is a missed opportunity to tie in the hostages in this agreement that was signed today,
said Rubi Chen, whose son, Itay Chen, was taken hostage from an Israeli military base We are happy because we will return to our country and homeland in the south,
Hala Saeed, a Lebanese woman displaced from her home, told The Associated Press Our joy is very great,
Kamal al-Haj Ali, another displaced resident, told the AP President Biden intends to begin that work today by having his envoys engage with Turkey, Qatar, Egypt, and other actors in the region,
Our people have the right to return to their land and towns to live in peace,
Today begins the thousand-mile road to reconstruct what was destroyed and to continue to strengthen the role of the legitimate institutions, led by the military, who we place great hopes in to enforce authority on the country."
In his televised speech he said They agree to a ceasefire in one place and not in the other? Have mercy on the children, the elderly and the women. We are sitting in tents and now it is winter.”
Ahlam Abu Shalabi, a woman displaced from Gaza City, said We hope that this step will contribute to stopping the violence and instability that the region is suffering from.”
The Palestinian presidency said in a statement It would not have been possible to envisage a ceasefire in Lebanon without France being involved on the front line,
