Israel and Lebanon reached a ceasefire agreement on April 26, 1996 (March 9, 1996). On the evening of April 26, 1996, U.S. Secretary of State Christopher announced in Jerusalem that Israel and Lebanon had reached an agreement on a ceasefire with Hezbollah at 4 a.m. on April 27, 1996 local time. The main contents of the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon include: Israel and Lebanon¡¯s Hezbollah pledge not to fire civilians in Paris; establish an observation committee composed of the United States, France, Russia and other countries to monitor compliance with the ceasefire agreement; Syria pledged to restrict Hezbollah¡¯s actions, Israel with Syria to resume talks and ceasefire. The ceasefire agreement was an Israeli army 16 days in a row to launch a large-scale military operation