UNIFIL welcomes the announcement of a cessation of hostilities and the recommitment to Security Council resolution 1701 as a path toward peace.

We will cooperate with all relevant partners to make the cessation of hostilities work.

We will continue performing our mandated tasks, and we have already begun adjusting our operations to the new situation.

Civilians on both sides of the Blue Line have suffered greatly because of this conflict. For their sake, we urge all actors to fully implement resolution 1701 in both letter and spirit.

UNIFIL and our peacekeepers from 48 countries have remained in place and now stand ready to support Lebanon and Israel in this new phase, and in their implementation of the resolution.