Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdullah Bou Habib confirmed on Tuesday his country's commitment to abide by the ceasefire agreement arrangements with Israel, calling for an end to the genocide that Tel Aviv has been committing in the Gaza Strip for more than a year.

This came in his speech at the ministerial conference to enhance the humanitarian response in Gaza, hosted by the Egyptian capital, Cairo, today, according to the official Lebanese News Agency.

Since dawn on November 27, a fragile ceasefire has prevailed, ending the mutual shelling between Israel and Hezbollah that began on October 8, 2023, and then turned into a full-scale war in the last two months.

Bou Habib said: "We have clearly declared that our permanent choice is diplomacy and self-defense when we are subjected to aggression."

He added: "We renew our commitment to fulfill our obligations, in accordance with the arrangements issued last week on November 26, in a joint statement by the United States of America and France."

He stressed that "we will not achieve stability and sustainable peace before ending the Israeli occupation of all Lebanese territories."

The Lebanese Foreign Minister pointed out that "diplomacy and commitment to the comprehensive and parallel implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701 opened a window in the wall of the crisis."

Among the most prominent provisions of the agreement that the United States and France are working to ensure Israel's commitment to is the latter's gradual withdrawal from south of the Blue Line (dividing line) within 60 days, and the deployment of official Lebanese army and security forces along the border, crossing points, and the southern region, according to a previous document obtained by Anadolu Agency.

However, Israel violated the agreement dozens of times and launched attacks on Lebanese territory that resulted in deaths and injuries, which prompted Hezbollah on Monday evening to target the Israeli Ruwaysat al-Alam site in the occupied Lebanese Kfar Shuba hills, as an "initial warning response" to Tel Aviv's repeated violations of the agreement.

Regarding the Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip, Bouhaib said, "The world today is called upon to stand up for conscience to secure the needs of our brothers in Gaza so that it does not lose its humanity and the law of the jungle prevails," adding, "Today we need to stop the war (the Israeli genocide) in Gaza."