Lebanese minister says ceasefire deal ready for Israeli green light

More than a year after the start of the war between Israel and the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon, an agreement on a ceasefire could be imminent, according to Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib.

“In principle, [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu agreed and we are agreed as a government,” Bou Habib told Italian television station Rai.

“The final decision is for the Israeli Cabinet,” the minister said.

According to media reports, Netanyahu is convening his security Cabinet later Tuesday to approve a 60-day ceasefire with Hezbollah.

Asked whether a ceasefire was 100% certain, Bou Habib said: “100% nobody can give you. You have to ask Mr Netanyahu for that.”