Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire. The ceasefire starts Wednesday. The US and France helped broker the deal. Thousands died in the conflict. The conflict started after last year's Gaza war. Israel will withdraw troops over two months.

Israel approved a cease-fire with Lebanon that is intended to bring a halt to more than a year of fighting with the Hezbollah militia and could help defuse a broader regional crisis that has threatened to ensnare the U.

Israel launched an offensive in Lebanon in mid-September following months of tit-for-tat border attacks sparked by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack.