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Israel: Too Soon to Write Off Announced Ceasefire in Lebanon
(Ynet News) Itamar Eichner - An Israeli official said Saturday that it is too early to write off the announced ceasefire in Lebanon. "During the negotiations, the Lebanese told us behind closed doors, 'We can get Hizbullah to stop firing,'" the official said. "The ceasefire was based on that assumption, with the understanding that Hizbullah would halt its attacks and that 2,000 operatives - including members of the Radwan Force - who had moved south of the Litani River would return north." "Hizbullah Secretary-General Naim Qassem publicly declared that he did not accept [the ceasefire], but in practice, there has been less fire directed at northern communities....Now Lebanon must deliver on what it said - that it has control over Hizbullah."