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The Lebanon-Israel ceasefire is built around enforcing a U.N. resolution

U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701, approved in 2006, is seen as a roadmap and the best hope for ending the war.

U.N. peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix tours UNIFIL operations at Naqoura, Lebanon in November.
U.N. peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix tours UNIFIL operations at Naqoura, Lebanon in November. (Haidar Fahs/UN)

Thousands of people returned to southern Lebanon as a ceasefire took effect requiring both Israel and Hezbollah to withdraw from there.

With the U.S.-backed cease-fire deal between Israel and Hezbollah going into effect on Wednesday, Lebanon's army prepared to deploy to the region in coordination with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, or UNIFIL.

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