Report: Israel Accepts U.S.-Backed Ceasefire with Hezbollah Despite Recent Attacks

Report: Israel Accepts U.S.-Backed Ceasefire with Hezbollah Despite Recent Attacks

Despite a deadly overnight terror attack on Israeli troops in southern Lebanon, Jerusalem has agreed to an apparent U.S.-brokered ceasefire with the Iranian proxy terrorist group Hezbollah, according to a US official.

The news of the truce comes after Vice President JD Vance postponed a trip to the U.S.-Iran talks in Switzerland amid reports that Iranians were stalling on the deal. The Mullah regime sought protection for Lebanon’s Hezbollah as part of a U.S.-Iran agreement, media reports indicated.

🔴 Israel and Hezbollah agree to a ceasefire deal starting at 4pm, Friday – report

— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) June 19, 2026

The Israeli TV channel i24NEWS reports:

“Hezbollah and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire,” a US official said to Reuters, adding that negotiators for the US and Qataris worked out the deal with help from Iran. “We understand that after the exchange of fire earlier today, Israel and Hezbollah are now in a ceasefire.”

Israeli source to i24NEWS: “We have entered into a ceasefire. We continue to act against threats, we remain in the security zone, if Hezbollah harms our soldiers and civilians, we will respond forcefully”

Despite Iranian demands, Israel will not withdraw from the security buffer zone set up in southern Lebanon. The IDF will “remain within south Lebanon’s security zone,” the broadcaster added.

The buffer zone has been created to protect the residents of towns and cities in northern Israel. Over 80,000 people were forced to flee their homes when Hezbollah began launching drones and rockets from these positions on October 8, 2023.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not yet commented on the ceasefire. Earlier today, he ordered the military to conduct retaliatory strikes against the terrorist group.

“Following the heinous attack by Hezbollah, which is a flagrant violation of the ceasefire, I instructed the IDF last night to strike Hezbollah with force. The IDF struck over 80 terror targets and eliminated dozens of terrorists,” Prime Minister Netanyahu said in a statement on his website. “Subsequently, the IDF struck Hezbollah command posts in the Beqaa Valley this morning.”

He warned that “Israel will not tolerate attacks on our soldiers or our territory, and it will exact a very heavy price from Hezbollah for these attacks.”

כפי שהנחיתי – צה״ל תקף בעוצמה 150 מטרות של חיזבאללה בלבנון וחיסל עשרות מחבלים. pic.twitter.com/oCbBzuP61K

— Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) June 19, 2026

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted overnight strikes against terrorist targets in Lebanon after four Israeli soldiers were killed in an apparent Hezbollah drone strike.

The IDF, in a press release, confirmed that it “struck more than 80 command centers, terrorists, launch positions, and additional terrorist infrastructure sites in the area of Nabatieh and additional areas in southern Lebanon, within the Security Zone and beyond it.”

“Furthermore, during the strikes, dozens of Hezbollah terrorists operating in the command centers were eliminated,” the IDF added.

While Hezbollah are committed to violating the ceasefire and creating instability, we are committed to protecting our civilians and operating against terror. pic.twitter.com/B6KLQRF93G

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) June 19, 2026

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