The Israeli cabinet approved a deal for a 60-day cease-fire with Hezbollah in Lebanon, effective Nov. 27, signaling that more than a year of conflict would be suspended. The 10-1 vote by Israeli ministers came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embraced the proposal in a televised speech to the nation.

U.S. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., who brokered the deal with France, said the cease-fire in Lebanon creates an opening to halt the fighting with Hamas in Gaza as well, and his administration would renew peace talks on that front.