Al Jazeera announced on Wednesday that the ceasefire began at 4 a.m. local time (02:00 GMT).
Daniel Hagari, the spokesman of the Zionist army, announced that the Israeli military is still stationed in its positions in southern Lebanon.
The Israel Broadcasting Authority also reported that the Zionist army asked the residents of southern Lebanon not to move towards the evacuated villages.
It claimed that the Israeli army announced that it would inform the residents of southern Lebanon when it is safe to return to their homes.
The terms of the agreement are as follow:
• Hezbollah and all other armed groups present on Lebanese territory will refrain from conducting any offensive actions against Israel.
• In return, Israel will not carry out any military offensive against targets in Lebanon, whether on land, in the air, or at sea.
• Both Israel and Lebanon recognize the importance of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701.
• These commitments do not waive Israel's and Lebanon's inherent right to self-defense.
• The Lebanese security forces and the Lebanese Army will be the only entities authorized to carry weapons or deploy troops in southern Lebanon.
• The sale, provision, or production of weapons and related material in Lebanon will be supervised by the Lebanese government.
• All unauthorized facilities related to the production of weapons and related materials will be dismantled.
• All non-compliant military infrastructure and positions will be dismantled, and all unauthorized weapons will be confiscated.
• A committee approved by both Israel and Lebanon will be established to oversee and assist in the implementation of these commitments.
• Israel and Lebanon will report any violations of these commitments to the committee and to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
• Lebanon will deploy official security forces and the Lebanese Army along all border crossing points and the defined line for the southern zone, as outlined in the deployment plan.
• Israel will gradually withdraw from the southern zone of the Blue Line within a period of up to 60 days.
• The United States will enhance indirect negotiations between Israel and Lebanon to achieve an internationally recognized delineation of the land border.
Earlier on Wednesday, US President Joe Biden's advisor and special envoy, Amos Hochstein, who was tasked with negotiating an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire deal, said that the truce between the two sides is permanent and will end hostilities.
Hochstein told a media network cited by IRNA in the early hours of Wednesday that we do not want a repeat of the events after the 2006 war and that the ceasefire agreement must be fully implemented.
The US special envoy emphasized that all clauses and principles of Resolution 1701 must be implemented, along with the monitoring mechanism that guarantees it.
Hochstein also expressed hope that this agreement will end the violence in this region, which has been going on for several decades.
The mechanism for monitoring the ceasefire implementation is now being established and will work to prevent any of its violations, the envoy said, adding that the US will not deploy its forces in Lebanon, but we will provide support to the Lebanese army.
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