Discussions on a ceasefire in Lebanon have “advanced significantly”, the Élysée said on Monday, November 25, while Israel must decide this Tuesday on a truce agreement in the war against Lebanese Hezbollah.
“We are close.” This Tuesday evening, November 26, the Israeli security cabinet must decide on a ceasefire agreement in the war against Lebanese Hezbollah. Announcements made after an intensification of Israeli strikes against strongholds of the pro-Iranian movement in Lebanon.
Israel “will decide Tuesday evening” on a ceasefire agreement, an Israeli official told AFP on condition of anonymity. According to the American news site Axios, the agreement is based on an American project providing for a 60-day truce, during which Hezbollah and the Israeli army would withdraw from southern Lebanon, bordering northern Israel, to leave the Lebanese army deploy there. It notably includes the establishment of an international committee to monitor its application.
Discussions on a ceasefire in Lebanon have “advanced significantly”, said the Élysée on Monday, November 25, which calls on Israel and Hezbollah, supported by Iran, to “seize this opportunity as quickly as possible” .
“A big mistake” for the Israeli Minister of National Security
“We think we have reached the point where we are close” to an agreement, said John Kirby, the spokesperson for the White House National Security Council, while emphasizing that nothing was yet certain.
Subsequently, the head of diplomacy of the European Union, Josep Borrell, and the UN called for a ceasefire.
The mediations are based on UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the previous war between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006. 1701 stipulates that only the Lebanese army and peacekeepers can be deployed to the southern border of Lebanon.
But for Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who is not a member of the security cabinet, a ceasefire would be “a big mistake.”
Indeed, the Israelis fear that the truce will allow Hezbollah to “rearm itself”, according to testimonies recovered by AFP.
