Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced this Tuesday, November 26, that his security cabinet would adopt “ in the evening » a ceasefire in the war with Lebanese Hezbollah, which should put an end to more than a year of cross-border hostilities and two months of open war in Lebanon.
Israeli security cabinet to adopt ceasefire in Lebanon This evening “, announced Benyamin Netanyahu. “ The duration of the ceasefire depends on what happens in Lebanon “, he added. The Israeli Prime Minister warned that his country “ will answer “if Hezbollah violates the truce and will retain freedom of action” total » in Lebanon. A truce in Lebanon will allow Israel to “ focus on the Iranian threat “, he said again. The Lebanese Prime Minister requested the “ immediate implementation » of the ceasefire
The United States, the European Union, the United Nations and the G7 have all pushed for a cessation of hostilities between Israel and the powerful Lebanese outfit armed and supported by Iran. A ceasefire would allow people to return home safely in northern Israel and southern Lebanon », Argued US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The G7 foreign ministers called on Tuesday for a “ immediate ceasefire “, while the head of diplomacy of the European Union, Josep Borrell, declared that the Israeli government had “not plus d’excuses » to refuse it.
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