The agreement halts fighting between Israel and Hezbollah for 60 days, as negotiators aim to stop Lebanon’s deadliest war in decades.

Israel approved a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement with Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Tuesday. U.S. President Joe Biden, speaking in Washington, called the agreement “good news.” Israel approved a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement with Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Tuesday.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday touted a cease-fire deal between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah after more than a year of fighting between the two sides. In the Rose Garden, Biden said he’d spoken with the leaders of Lebanon and Israel this afternoon and that both governments agreed to the cease-fire beginning at 4 a.