A senior Hamas source tells Al-Mayadeen that the release of prisoners, including Hezbollah fighters, will be delayed until the second phase of the ceasefire agreement, with the first phase focusing on women,

President Joe Biden confused Palestinian militant group Hamas with Hezbollah while announcing a ceasefire to the Israel-Hamas war on Wednesday.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Amos Hochstein, senior adviser to President Biden, about the latest ceasefire deal in Gaza and his earlier negotiations for a ceasefire in Lebanon.

If approved by the full cabinet Friday, the three-stage ceasefire plan will see Hamas release 33 Israeli hostages, including all women, children and men over 50, and Israel will release all Palestinian women and children under 19 detained in Israeli jails within the first six-week phase.

The fragile Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire that was agreed on 27 November is likely to hold, analysts say, despite repeated violations.View on euronews

France's president began a visit to Lebanon Friday, where he will meet the crisis-hit country's newly elected leaders, as the nation attempts to recover from the 14-month Israel-Hezbollah war.

The French president is scheduled to meet prime ministerial nominee Nouf Salam and newly elected President Joseph Aoun.

With the January 26 deadline for Lebanon’s fragile ceasefire fast approaching, Israel and Hezbollah must withdraw from southern Lebanon to avoid renewed hostilities. As communities clean up from the last war,