STORY: Biden says Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal "designed to be" permanent
SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 26, 2024
DATELINE: Nov. 27, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:45
LOCATION: Washington D.C.
CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY

SHOTLIST:
1. SOUNDBITE (English): JOE BIDEN, U.S. President
2. various of Joe Biden speaking

STORYLINE:

U.S. President Joe Biden said Tuesday the U.S.-proposed 60-day ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, which is "designed to be" permanent, will take effect at 4:00 a.m. Wednesday local time (2:00 a.m. GMT).

SOUNDBITE (English): JOE BIDEN, U.S. President
"Over the next 60 days, Israel will gradually withdraw its remaining forces, and civilians on both sides will soon be able to safely return to their communities and begin to rebuild their homes, their schools, their farms, their businesses, and their very lives.
This deal supports Lebanon's sovereignty. And so, it heralds a new start for Lebanon.
Just as the Lebanese people deserve a future of security and prosperity, so do the people of Gaza. They too deserve an end of the fighting and displacement."

The Israeli military drastically stepped up its strikes on Beirut hours before the government in Tel-Aviv approved the ceasefire deal, killing at least 25 people on Tuesday, according to a tally counted by CNN based on health ministry figures.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Washington D.C.
(XHTV)