The Israeli army confirmed this Monday that it had bombed 25 “targets” of the Hezbollah Advisory Council across Lebanon, as negotiations continue between the parties for a possible truce agreement which appears to be near.
The attacks took place in the south of Nabatieh, in the east of the Bekah Valley and in Baalbek as well as in the suburbs of Dahye in Beirut, according to a military statement, which specifies that in these geographical points there were “ Hezbollah Advisory Council command centers as well as Hezbollah command centers. control and information collection centers, as well as militiamen.
“These attacks degrade the ability of the Hezbollah Advisory Council to direct and assist Hezbollah terrorists in their attacks against Israel, as well as Hezbollah’s command and control capabilities and its ability to gather and gather information,” the statement said. text.
The chairman of the Advisory Council was Hashem Safieddine, cousin of Hezbollah’s top leader, Hasan Nasrallah, and his designated successor, killed like the second in an Israeli bombardment during that war.
“Closer than ever” to an agreement
These attacks occur while Israeli sources assure that they are “closer than ever” to reaching a ceasefire agreement in Lebanon, as confirmed to EFE by a source close to the matter, since the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu would have accepted “in principle”. » the American proposal.
“Very significant progress has been made,” the source said of the proposal that U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein presented to both sides last week during a trip to the region.
Netanyahu held a meeting with some ministers and security officials last night to discuss the proposal from Joe Biden’s US government envoy, during which he agreed to accept the project “in principle” but with ” some reservations.
The source explained to EFE that these reservations have to do with the “freedom of action” over Lebanese airspace that Israel demands in case Hezbollah violates the terms of the ceasefire and that Lebanese troops – who would control the area – would. not act on the border – something Lebanon and the Shiite group categorically reject.
The proposal includes three stages: a truce followed by the withdrawal of Hezbollah forces north of the Litani River; a complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon and finally negotiations between Israel and Lebanon on the demarcation of their border, which currently constitutes a dividing line established by the UN after the 2006 war.
