Ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah takes effect in Lebanon

A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect at 4 a.m. local time on 27 November 2024, pausing more than a year of cross-border attacks and a major Israeli campaign in Lebanon. The United States and France helped broker the arrangement, accepted by Israel and the Lebanese government.

The terms called for Israel to withdraw forces from southern Lebanon over sixty days, the Lebanese armed forces to deploy, and Hezbollah's armed presence south of the Litani River to be removed in line with UN Security Council Resolution 1701. The agreement was not a peace treaty between Israel and Hezbollah.

Thousands of displaced residents began returning despite warnings about unexploded ordnance, damaged homes and areas still under military control. Entry into force did not mean every deployment and withdrawal obligation was completed on the first day.

Both sides later accused the other of violations. Monitoring involved the existing UN force and an enhanced mechanism led by the United States. Each alleged breach requires location, timing and evidence rather than treating any incident as automatic collapse of the entire cessation.

This record marks implementation of the ceasefire, distinct from its announcement and later extensions. It reports the intended security arrangement without claiming that Hezbollah disarmed nationally or that the Israel-Lebanon conflict was permanently resolved.

The Lebanese government was the state party accepting the arrangement even though Hezbollah conducted the cross-border war. That structure reflects Lebanon's institutions and makes government capacity to deploy forces an implementation issue rather than a semantic detail.