Report: Ceasefire agreement not designed to fall in a few days

A Lebanese ministerial source has reassured that the ceasefire agreement with Israel “will hold and will not collapse” despite all the violations that followed its announcement.

“Since the agreement was reached, nothing has changed at the level of the political and military facts that led to its birth, and accordingly there are no reasons that justify renouncing it,” the source told al-Joumhouria newspaper in remarks published Wednesday.

“The agreement was not made to collapse after a few days,” the source added, noting that the Israeli violations are messages to Israel’s citizens aimed at convincing them that their government is firm in preventing Hezbollah from violating the agreement and restoring its capabilities,” the source added, noting that Israel wants to reassure its citizens and encourage them to return to the war-hit north.

The source also expected the five-party ceasefire monitoring committee to manage to contain the Israeli violations once it commences its mission, “especially that it is led by a U.S. general.”

“Washington supposedly does not have an interest in the failure of the committee led by it from the very beginning,” the source added.