Major General Jasper Jeffers, a top American military officer, arrived in Beirut to help oversee a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, according to the US Central Command (CENTCOM).
Jeffers, from Special Operations Command Central, will co-chair a monitoring group alongside US envoy Amos Hochstein. The group includes representatives from the Lebanese Armed Forces, the Israeli military, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and France, CENTCOM said. Hochstein will hold the civilian co-chair position temporarily until a permanent appointment is made.
The truce began this week, aiming to ease tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border.
