US Says Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire Begins 4pm Friday
Last update: June 20, 2026
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Right, after a night that looked like it was spiralling out of control, both sides have suddenly hit pause.
So, a senior US official has told Reuters that Israel and Hezbollah have actually agreed to a ceasefire, due to kick in at 4pm local time on Friday (that's 1pm GMT, 2pm BST). The official, speaking on background, was pretty blunt: "Hezbollah and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire."
The deal wasn't just cooked up in Washington either. US and Qatari negotiators hammered it out with a bit of help from Iran, and the line from the Americans is that after today's exchange of fire, "Israel and Hezbollah are now in a ceasefire".
It comes after a brutal night in southern Lebanon. The Lebanese health ministry says at least 18 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes, while the IDF confirmed four of its soldiers were killed in the south, one of the deadliest Hezbollah hits of this whole war.
Timing matters here. This flare-up threatened to wreck a US-Iranian interim agreement signed on Wednesday to try and calm the wider Middle East. That deal basically commits the US, Iran and their allies to an immediate and permanent stop to military ops on all fronts, including Lebanon.
Is it going to hold? No one’s making promises, we’ve been here before. But for now, the guns are meant to go quiet from 4pm.
Reporting via cbinewstv.
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