This is an entry from: Live: Thousands return home as Lebanon ceasefire takes hold
Evening recap
25 November 2024 23:59 GMT
Good Evening Middle East Eye readers,
Israel and Hezbollah have inched closer to a 60 day ceasefire that could be announced within hours.
According to reports, the deal has been brokered by the US and is expected to see an end to fighting between Hezbollah and Israel.
The Lebanese armed forces will deploy into southern Lebanon and Israeli troops will pull out of the country.
Reuters reports that the US and France will unveil the ceasefire deal on Tuesday.
Here are some of the day's other key developments:
- White House Middle East envoy Brett McGurk is set to visit Saudi Arabia on Tuesday in a bid to revive talks on a ceasefire in Gaza
- The death toll from an Israeli strike on a house in the Zarqa area on Monday in northern Gaza City has risen to six people, according to Al Jazeera
- A Palestinian child and young man were killed during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank town of Ya'bad, located south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank
- At least 31 people were killed and 64 injured by Israeli strikes across Lebanon on Monday, the Lebanese health ministry said on Monday
- Half a million people in Gaza are displaced at flood-prone sites that could be at risk as winter approaches, according to the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (Unrwa)