Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations said the cease-fire in Lebanon would bring about a “new reality.” While the truce between Israel and Hezbollah entails bolstering a U.N. observer force that has served in southern Lebanon for years with mixed results, Dan Gillerman noted that it also involved the first major parallel deployment of Lebanese troops.
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