International pressure is on Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Najib Mikati, Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, to maintain the peace

The ceasefire is a major step toward ending nearly 14 months of fighting sparked by the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

The Israeli military has recorded several incidents in the hours since the ceasefire with the Lebanese militia Hezbollah came into force on Wednesday. It was not clear whether these would be considered violations of the agreed ceasefire.