The American general tasked with monitoring the Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire deal on Friday praised the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) after touring a region in southern Lebanon.Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers visited LAF soldiers in the South Litani Area, including a stop in Khiam, the US Embassy in Beirut said.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Washington brokered a truce between the Iran-backed militant group and Israeli forces that went into effect last November after a yearlong war between the two.Jaspers was deployed to Beirut to monitor the deal as the military representative of a monitoring task force made up of the US, France, UN peacekeepers, LAF and Israeli forces. A civilian representative from the US will be appointed after the current head, Amos Hochstein, leaves his post.“I am incredibly impressed by the professionalism and dedication of the LAF. They are working around the clock to provide security and dismantle unexploded ordnance,