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Ceasefire in north? Lebanon, Hezbollah agree to US proposal for ceasefire with Israel - official
Hezbollah, a heavily armed movement backed by Iran, endorsed its long-time ally Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to negotiate over a ceasefire.www.jpost.com
Lebanon and Hezbollah have agreed to a US proposal for a ceasefire with Israel with some comments on the content, a top Lebanese official told Reuters on Monday, describing the effort as the most serious yet to end to the fighting.
Ali Hassan Khalil, an aide to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, said Lebanon had delivered its written response to the US ambassador in Lebanon on Monday, and White House envoy Amos Hochstein was traveling to Beirut to continue talks.
Netanyahu: Attacks on Hezbollah will continue even with truce
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will continue to operate militarily against Hezbollah even if a ceasefire deal is reached in Lebanon.
“The most important thing is not [the deal that] will be laid on paper,” Netanyahu told the Israeli parliament. “We will be forced to ensure our security in the north and to systematically carry out operations against Hezbollah’s attacks … even after a ceasefire.”
Israel insists any truce deal must guarantee no further Hezbollah presence in the southern area bordering Israel.
“We will not allow Hezbollah to return to the state it was in on October 6” 2023 – the eve of the attack by its Palestinian ally Hamas into southern Israel, he said.
