Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire: Netanyahu to Ask Cabinet to Approve Deal

Over the past two weeks since Trump won his second term, the Saudis have hosted the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, called the situation [in Gaza] a genocide, and met with the Iranians and the Chinese,

Ulrichsen said

The Qatari prime minister … expressed back in the spring that the space for negotiation was closing,

said Dr Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, a Middle East Fellow at the Baker Institute think tank in Houston, Texas

We're close" but "nothing is done until everything is done".

In Washington, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said on Monday

As we were about to sleep, we suddenly heard a huge explosion, the window in our fortified room was shaking,

said Ofir Ben David, who was evacuated earlier in the conflict from the Israeli community of Shomera on the Lebanese border

Regarding the ceasefire, I think it will be implemented. Both sides are tired - both sides are tired,

said Selim Ayoub, a 37-year-old mechanic from Beirut's southern suburbs

However, we will wait and see the results of the indirect negotiations,

he wrote

Oftentimes the very last stages of an agreement are the most difficult because the hardest issues are left to the end,

he said