The United States ambassador in Beirut sent a truce proposal to the Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri, on Thursday evening. A ceasefire proposal between Israel and Lebanon that Hezbollah has agreed to examine, says Reuters, 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-Iranian Shiite militia, these sources said. “It’s 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 underway to reach a diplomatic agreement.
Ali Larijani, senior official of the Islamic Republic of Iran, for his part, spoke on Friday with Nabih Berri, declared the Iranian embassy in Beirut on the social network already tried several times to obtain a truce in Lebanon, while talks for a ceasefire in Gaza in exchange for the release of Israeli hostages have been at a standstill 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. THE 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.
