The US ambassador in Beirut sends a truce proposal to Lebanon
The US ambassador in Beirut sent a truce proposal to the speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri, on Thursday afternoon. A ceasefire proposal between Israel and Lebanon that Hezbollah has agreed to examine, Reuters claims, citing two Lebanese political sources.
This text is the first written proposal from Washington in several weeks to stop the clashes between Israel and the pro-Iran Shiite militia, these sources said. “It is a draft to collect observations from the Lebanese side”one of the sources told Reuters. Asked about this, a spokesperson for the US embassy in Beirut confirmed that efforts were being made to reach a diplomatic agreement.
For his part, Ali Larijani, a senior official of the Islamic Republic of Iran, spoke with Nabih Berri on Friday and declared on the social network that the Iranian embassy in Beirut had already tried on several occasions to obtain a truce in Lebanon, while negotiations were underway. A ceasefire in Gaza in exchange for the release of Israeli hostages has been on hold for a year.
On Thursday, Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen, a member of the security cabinet, said the prospect of a ceasefire in Lebanon had never been closer in a year of conflict. HE Washington Post reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was pushing for a truce in Lebanon to credit his ally, US President-elect Donald Trump, with a first success on the international stage.
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