Deutsche Welle :
The ceasefire deal says there will be a two-month halt to fighting between the Israeli military and the armed wing of the Hezbollah group in Lebanon.
In terms of specifics, the ceasefire was – as expected – drawn up along the same lines as the 2006 United Nations Security Council resolution that ended a brief but brutal bout of fighting between Hezbollah and the Israeli military in July and early August 2006.
In 2006, Resolution 1701 established a buffer zone separating Israel and Hezbollah between the Litani River in Lebanon and the Blue Line, the latter being an “interim” border drawn by the UN after earlier fighting and Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon.
In this new ceasefire, officially agreed by the governments of Israel and Lebanon and accepted by Hezbollah, both parties recognize the importance of Resolution 1701. As a result, Hezbollah is to withdraw north of the Litani River while Israeli troops will gradually withdraw back south of the Blue Line into Israel.
Under Resolution 1701, this buffer zone has been managed by the Lebanese army and the 10,000-strong United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). This will continue, but the number of troops in the buffer zone will grow.
The Lebanese army will deploy 10,000 soldiers into the buffer zone to make sure that neither Hezbollah nor Israel returns.
UNIFIL, which is made up of soldiers from 48 countries, including Germany, is now likely to get more support from the US and other nations.
