Iran hails Lebanon’s ceasefire

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman welcomed a ceasefire agreement between Hezbollah and Israel, asserting the Islamic Republic’s support for the Lebanese government, nation and its resistance movement.

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Date: 27 November 2024 - 10:56

TABNAK, Nov, 27 : Esmaeil Baghaei issued a statement on Wednesday, highlighting Iran’s “firm support for the Lebanese government, nation and resistance,” stating that Tehran has long underlined the need for an immediate cessation of Israeli aggression against Gaza and Lebanon, and has undertaken extensive diplomatic efforts over the last 14 months toward that goal.

The Iranian diplomat noted that the Zionist entity's warmongering policies and atrocities, with the full support of the United States and certain European states, have resulted in the martyrdom of 60,000 innocent people, injury of 120,000 individuals, displacement of more than 3.5 million people from the oppressed Palestinian and Lebanese nations, and widespread destruction of critical infrastructure in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

“In light of interim rulings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to prevent genocidal acts [in Gaza], and the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrants for the leaders of the Zionist regime on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the world public opinion had been demanding an end to war and genocide over the past 14 months, and is now looking forward to the prosecution and punishment of the criminals of the occupying regime,” Baghaei stated.

A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect at 4 a.m. local time in Lebanon (0200 GMT) amid hopes the truce will bring a permanent end to Israeli attacks on Lebanese towns and cities and halt more than a year of fighting in southern Lebanon and the northern sector of the occupied territories.

Israel launched relentless air and ground attacks on Gaza, including hospitals, residences, and houses of worship, after Palestinian resistance movements carried out an unprecedented military operation dubbed Al-Aqsa Flood against the regime on October 7, 2023.

At least 44,249 Palestinians, most of them women and children, have been killed while 104,746 individuals have sustained injuries.

More than 3,760 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon, with nearly 15,700 others injured and more than a million displaced since the onset of hostilities on October 8, 2023, according to Lebanese health authorities.