After speaking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, US President Donald Trump announced the beginning of a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.
The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has been welcomed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who expressed optimism that it will lay the groundwork for long-term stability in the Middle East.
As part of an earlier two-week ceasefire agreement between Tehran and the United States to pause the conflict in the Middle East, Iran's Foreign Ministry praised the ceasefire reached by Israel and Lebanon.
At midnight local time on Friday, gunfire broke out in the southern suburbs of Beirut as a ceasefire with Israel came into effect.
The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health estimates that since March 2, Israeli forces have killed at least 2,196 civilians and injured another 7,185.
The Lebanese government urges people not return back to their homes in southern Lebanon, despite Israel and Lebanon have reached a 10-day ceasefire.
The United States is "very close" to a deal with Iran, President Donald Trump told reporters outside the White House.
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UN General Assembly Meets on New Partnership for Africa’s Development to Agenda 2063
Philemon Yang (left), President of the seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly, chairs the 20th plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly on the theme “From the New Partnership for Africa’s Development to Agenda 2063: progress in the implementation of sustainable development in Africa and international support”, as well as Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa on October14,2024. At right is Kenji Nakano, Chief of the General Assembly Affairs Branch, Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM)-UN Photo/Evan Schneider