Earlier we reported that within hours of the ceasefire announcement the IDF issued more warnings for residents in Beirut to evacuate.

The AFP and Arabic media are now reporting Israel has targeted residential buildings in Ghobeiry, in south Beirut, destroying them completely.

US president-elect Donald Trump's incoming White House team is trying to claim the credit for brokering the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah.

“Everyone is coming to the table because of President Trump,” Republican Florida representative Mike Waltz, who is Trump’s choice for national security adviser, said in a post on X shortly before the Israel cabinet signed off on the agreement. 

“His resounding victory sent a clear message to the rest of the world that chaos won’t be tolerated. I’m glad to see concrete steps towards de-escalation in the Middle East.”

As we told you earlier, the outgoing Biden administration briefed Trump's national security team on the ceasefire agreement.

Republican senator Lindsey Graham, who is a Trump supporter in the US government, provided more of a nod to the Biden administration.

“I appreciate the hard work of the Biden Administration, supported by President Trump, to make this ceasefire a reality,” he said in a statement.

There is one hour to go until the time in Lebanon and Israel is 4am, the hour at which both the Israeli military and Hezbollah must stop their air strikes for a ceasefire to take hold.

The deal is only an agreement to stop fighting, but does not guarantee permanent peace.

If and when they stop fighting, Israel will have 60 days to gradually remove its troops from southern Lebanon and allow for the Lebanese Army to move in.

The length of time was a key demand by Israel to allow it to resume its fighting if it believes Hezbollah broke the agreement.

In turn, Hezbollah must pull back behind the Litani River, 30 km away from Israel.

This will also give Israel time to return the thousands of its evacuated citizens back to the north. It will ultimately also make room for the million Lebanese who were displaced to return home.

Lebanon's transport minister Ali Hamieh has told Reuters that strikes on three of the country's northern border crossings with Syria marked the first time Israel had targeted those areas.

Hamieh said it was not immediately clear whether the roads leading into those border crossings had been cut off as a result of the attacks.

Strikes launched by Israel in recent weeks on Lebanon's eastern border with Syria have already wiped out access to roadways.

Syrian state TV reported that 18 people were injured in air strikes on the Arida and Dabousieh border crossings on Wednesday, and some remained in critical conditions.

The Israeli military has not commented on the strikes.

The Syrian Red Crescent humanitarian organisation says one of its volunteers was killed and others injured in an earlier Israeli air strike in areas along Lebanon's northern border with Syria.

The attack targeted border crossings near to the Syrian province of Homs and the port city of Tartous while volunteers were rescuing injured people, the organisation said.

"The Syrian Arab Red Crescent condemns the aggression, which resulted in damage to several ambulances and work points, and calls on all sides to respect international humanitarian law," a statement from the not-for-profit said.

French President Emmanuel Macron has spoken for the first time since releasing a joint statement with the United States to announce the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire.

In an address in Paris, Macron said the truce came after "efforts undertaken over long months" and said it "needs to be respected in the long term".

"This agreement signed a few hours ago needs to open a new chapter for Lebanon," president Macron said.

The cessation of hostilities offers an opportunity for the Lebanese to begin, with the support of their partners, the lasting recovery of the country. They need to seize it urgently and resolutely. 

"This ceasefire also marks an important moment for Israel."

Macron also joined US President Joe Biden in pushing for a ceasefire to be reached in Gaza off the back of the truce in Lebanon.

The ceasefire deal struck now is based on the UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the last major war between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006.

The current deal, like the previous one, requires Hezbollah to pull its fighters back around 30 km from the de-facto border, called the Blue Line, and behind the Litani River.

Israel and Hezbollah have accused each other of failing to implement it in the past, with Hezbollah maintaining a stronghold in southern Lebanon.

Under the resolution, the UN's peacekeeping force UNIFIL (UN Interim force in Lebanon) is tasked with maintaining a presence in the area known as the UNIFIL Area of Operation to monitor and report on violations.

Israel now again must withdraw its military from southern Lebanon within 60 days, following its ground invasion, with regular Lebanese army troops deploying in the border region.

An end to fighting is set to begin from 4am local time in Lebanon, which is midday AEST and 1pm AEDT.

In the two hours since US President Joe Biden announced the truce, the Arabic spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces Avichay Adraee has posted four evacuation warnings to X alerting residents in the southern suburbs of Beirut of impending air strikes.

"You are located near Hezbollah facilities and interests, against which the IDF will operate in the near future," the warnings say.

"For your safety and the safety of your family members, you must evacuate these buildings and those adjacent to them immediately and stay away from them".

As the deadline for a ceasefire inches closer, fighting in Gaza has not slowed either.

The Israel Defense Forces just said it has conducted another air strike on Al-Taba'een school in Gaza city, claiming it targeted Hamas fighter Mumin Al-Jabari.

Reports suggest four Palestinians have been killed with others injured.

This is the same school compound struck in August which killed dozens of Palestinians sheltering there. Israel refuted the severity of that attack.

Dozens of cars of residents are still attempting to flee suburbs across Beirut after earlier Israeli air strikes rocked the Lebanese capital.

Footage from the city shows lines of vehicles attempting to leave banked up on roadways in traffic jams.