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Sri Lanka welcomes ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon
27 Nov, 2024
Sri Lanka welcomed the announcement of the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.
The Foreign Ministry said that Sri Lanka remains hopeful that the ceasefire will pave the way for enduring peace and stability in Lebanon and in the region.
A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah in Lebanon appears to be holding after the two sides struck a deal brokered by the United States and France.
But Israel warned local residents not to return to the border area yet or approach its troops.
The agreement, a rare diplomatic feat in a region racked by conflict for months, ended the deadliest confrontation between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group in years, but Israel is still fighting the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Cars and vans piled high with mattresses, suitcases and even furniture streamed through the heavily bombed southern port city of Tyre heading south, where hundreds of thousands of people had been forced to flee their homes by the violence.
The ceasefire promises to end a conflict across the Israeli-Lebanese border that has killed thousands of people since it was ignited by the Gaza war last year. (Colombo Gazette)
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