A ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon may be imminent. According to Lebanese media cited by Axios, the Lebanese God Party would respond positively to the draft ceasefire agreement with Israel presented by the United States.
What happens if Lebanon accepts the US deal?
According to the report of the same sources, Lebanon informed the Biden administration that Hezbollah responded positively to the proposed ceasefire with Israel. The draft was handed over last week by the US ambassador to Lebanon to Nabih Berri, the speaker of the Lebanese parliament, who is supported by Hezbollah in the negotiations. Details are not yet clear, but this appears to be a significant progress for the conflict that has been going on for more than a year. US envoy Amos Hochstein, now leading the Biden administration’s diplomatic efforts, will return to Beirut on Tuesday for talks on a ceasefire between the terrorist group Hezbollah and Israel.
If Hezbollah accepts the terms of the agreement, as the American media predicts, the US envoy will fly to Israel on Wednesday to work out the final details. Beirut media say that even if the Israeli mission is successful, Hochstein will be in Paris on Thursday, where French President Emmanuel Macron could officially announce the deal has been concluded.
Israel has increased its air strikes in southern Lebanon, where it also conducts ground operations, in the east of the Bekaa Valley and in Beirut. There have been numerous attacks in the capital’s southern suburbs, known as Dahieh, where Hezbollah is based. Yesterday afternoon, the center of the capital Beirut was hit for the first time in a month, killing six people, including Hezbollah spokesman Mohammed Afif, one of the few remaining public faces of the Shiite group. The Israeli attacks are seen as part of Tel Aviv’s strategy to force Hezbollah and Lebanon to accept a ceasefire.
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