A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect early Wednesday morning, after the Israeli and Lebanese governments approved a U.S. proposal to halt the fighting in a truce that President Biden called a permanent cessation of hostilities.

Ahead of the ceasefire deadline, 4 a.m. local time, Israel and Hezbollah traded intensive rounds of back-and-forth of rocket fire and strikes.

The truce, that included mediation by France, halts 14 months of fighting since Hezbollah began attacking Israel following Hamas’s terrorist attack against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

The terms of the deal require Israel to gradually withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon over a period of 60 days........

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