Israel Approved Terms for a Cease-Fire With Hezbollah

Israel’s security cabinet voted this evening to approve a cease-fire agreement that would halt fighting in the yearlong conflict between Israeli forces and Hezbollah, the Lebanese armed group. The agreement, which still needs formal approval in Lebanon, is supposed to take effect at 4 a.m. local time tomorrow, said President Biden, who pushed Israel to agree to the deal.

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Under the deal, Israel would withdraw its forces from Lebanon over the next 60 days and Hezbollah would move its fighters north. Biden said it is intended “to be a permanent cessation of hostilities.”

Hezbollah did not immediately comment on the announcement. Lebanon’s government, which does not control Hezbollah but whose approval is essential, was set to meet tomorrow morning to discuss the cease-fire agreement. Here’s a map of what the truce would look like.

Approval from Israeli ministers, in a 10 to 1 vote, came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embraced the proposal in a televised speech. Just hours earlier, Israeli forces had pounded the heart of Beirut and Hezbollah-dominated neighborhoods with some of the heaviest airstrikes of the war.

The cease-fire in Lebanon may have little effect on the war in Gaza. “Hamas is expected to dig in,” Patrick Kingsley, our Jerusalem bureau chief, said. “The Israeli government is likely to continue to push for Hamas’s complete destruction, even as Israeli generals warn that such a goal is near impossible.”

Mexico responded to Trump’s tariff threat

Donald Trump’s vow to use his first day in office to impose heavy tariffs on products from Canada, Mexico and China quickly reverberated around the world. Some business groups and foreign officials condemned the plan, which Trump said would remain in place until the three countries halted the flow of drugs and migrants into the U.S.

Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, suggested today that her country was prepared to respond to Trump’s proposal with retaliatory tariffs. She argued that Mexico was already working to curb immigration and drug trafficking, and that U.S. tariffs could set off a damaging trade war.

Biden proposed extending access to obesity drugs

The Biden administration, in one of its last major policy directives, proposed today that Medicare and Medicaid cover obesity medications. The move would probably be popular and it certainly would be costly, but it would need the endorsement of Trump administration officials in order to become official.

Decades-old legislation prevents Medicare from covering weight loss drugs. The new plan would sidestep that restriction by specifying that the drugs treat obesity and its related conditions. If approved, the new rules would extend access to the drugs to millions of Americans.

In related news, a new, monthly drug appeared to help patients lose up to 20 percent of their weight in a year.

Walmart pulled back from its diversity push

In June 2020, Walmart — like many other companies at the time — vowed to make changes to foster inclusion and address systematic racism. Now the company is sending a different message.

TIME TO UNWIND

100 notable books of 2024

Each year, the staff of The Times Book Review puts together a list of the year’s 100 most standout fiction and nonfiction. Our 2024 list was released today.

We’ve added the option to check off which books you’ve read or want to read, leaving you with handy, downloadable lists. They make for great gift guides.

How to navigate a post-election Thanksgiving

Sometimes, it can feel impossible to bridge the political divide, especially just after an election. That can make Thanksgiving with a politically mixed family a struggle. But my colleague Catherine Pearson spoke with families who make it work by focusing on connection rather than confrontation.

WHAT TO DO TONIGHT

An artwork made from workouts

The Strava app is made for tracking exercise. But with some patience, it can also be a platform for art. For years, runners and bikers have used Strava’s GPS function to turn the paths of their workouts into fun shapes — like animals, insects and even Queen Elizabeth.

This year, Duncan McCabe took the trend to a new height. He stitched roughly 120 long runs through the streets of Toronto into an animated dancing stick figure. It took him nearly 10 months, and in the end he declared: “I became one with the stickman.”

Have a healthy evening.

Thanks for reading. I’ll be back tomorrow. — Matthew

Philip Pacheco was our photo editor today.

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