Yair Lapid, Israel’s opposition leader, criticised Mr Netanyahu following his speech, saying “the greatest disaster” in Israel’s history happened on his watch. “No deal with Hezbollah will erase the abandonments. No statement to the press will change history,” Mr Lapid said.

The proposed deal is said to resemble the United Nations Security Council resolution which ended the 2006 war, but with more international support to push the Iran-backed armed group away from the border with Israel and bolster regular Lebanese army troops deploying there when Israeli forces withdraw.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks after the Israeli security cabinet voted in favor of a ceasefire deal in Lebanon.