Traffic jams line the route between Beirut and the south after the ceasefire began at 04:00 local time (02:00 GMT).

A ceasefire deal that could end more than a year of cross-border fighting between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group won backing from Israeli leaders Tuesday, raising hopes and renewing difficult questions in a region gripped by conflict.

The Israeli and U.S. governments announced a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah in Lebanon that will begin Wednesday morning at 4 a.m. local time. “I have good news from the Middle East,” President Biden said in remarks from the White House Tuesday afternoon.