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Comment on the picture, US ambassador Amos Hockstein (left) is expected to arrive in Beirut on Tuesday to resume talks
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Lebanon and Hezbollah agreed to the American cease-fire proposal with Israel, and gave some comments on its content, according to a senior Lebanese official cited by the Reuters news agency.
A Lebanese official described the efforts related to the proposal as the worst so far to end the fighting.
A diplomat familiar with the talks warned that details still need to be ironed out, and could derail a final deal.
A US official told Reuters that the US ambassador, Amos Hochstein, is expected to arrive in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Tuesday to resume talks.
“A role for Arab forces in Lebanon”
Lebanese MP, Wael Abu Faour, said that there is “doubt” that the Israeli side will complete the move towards the agreement.
He appeared in a speech on the Lebanese television channel LBCI: “In the latest Lebanese proposal, there is a proposal for Arab forces to monitor, and (they are from) Jordan or Egypt, but the Lebanese army is the -reference. “
Abu Faour emphasized that there are “concentrations… in some areas because of the social or political background or as a result of the transition process. There is division in the country as well, and the actions of the (Lebanon) army today are very good in protecting internal stability.”
Israel attacked Hezbollah after about a year in which they fired across the border, at the same time as the war in the Gaza Strip. Israel’s goal is to dismantle Hezbollah’s capabilities, to allow it to return the tens of thousands of Israelis who left the north, because of the rockets fired by Hezbollah in solidarity with the Palestinian movement Hamas.
World powers say any ceasefire in Lebanon must be based on UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel.
The decision states that Hezbollah will move weapons and fighters north of the Litani River, about 30 kilometers from the border with Israel.
At the same time, the countries of the G20 asked for a ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza.
The countries of the group, in a joint statement issued on Monday night at the end of a summit held in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, said: “We are united in giving support for a comprehensive ceasefire in Gaza… and in Lebanon, enabling citizens to return safely to their homes, on both sides of the Blue Line. ” which is the border line between Israel and Lebanon.
Hezbollah attacks Israel
Comment on the picture, Five Israelis were injured on Monday night after being hit by a missile fired from Lebanon
Lebanon’s Hezbollah announced, at dawn on Tuesday, “that it shot down an Israeli drone Hormuz 450, in the airspace of the city of Taybeh (southern Lebanon), with a surface-to-air missile, and was seen burning “
The party, in a statement, said it targeted the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona with missiles.
Five Israelis were injured on Monday night after fragments of a missile – launched from Lebanon – caught and fell on a main street in a suburb of Tel Aviv, according to what the ambulance service and the army said. Israel.
Earlier, sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and several cities in central Israel, warning of an air attack, according to the army.
The Israeli army announced in a statement that they “intercepted a projectile… that was launched from Lebanon. “
The army confirmed that as a result of the interception, part of the missile fell to the ground in the Ramat Gan area, resulting in injuries and damage. “The investigation into the incident remains open.”
A spokesman for the Israeli fire service said that a woman was killed, after a rocket fell on Monday in the town of Shefa Amr in the north of Israel.
According to the Israeli army, Hezbollah fired about 100 projectiles from Lebanon into northern Israel on Monday, while the Israeli Air Force continues to target Beirut.
On Monday, Hezbollah announced that 27 operations would be implemented against the Israeli army and towns and cities in northern Israel.
He said in one of his statements that “as part of the Khaybar Operations series,” his members “launched an air attack with a swarm of qualitative attack drones on sensitive military points in the city of Tel Aviv.”
The party indicated that the nature of the military points targeted “will be announced later”.
Killed in a raid on Beirut
On Monday, the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that five people were killed and twenty-four others wounded, in the initial toll of an Israeli attack that targeted the Husseiniyat al-Zahra area in the Zoqaq al-Blat district of central Beirut. .
The attack on Zoqaq al-Blat is the second within twenty-four hours to target an area in the Lebanese capital, following a bombing that targeted the commercial area of Mar Elias on Sunday, which resulted in two death and 13 injuries, according to the National News Group in Lebanon.
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What are the key objectives and motivations behind the Khaybar Operations series initiated by Hezbollah?
Why did Hezbollah decide to attack Israel after a period of relative calm? What are the main demands behind the Khaybar Operations series? Do you think the G20 countries’ call for a comprehensive ceasefire will be effective in bringing an end to the violence between Lebanon and Israel? How might the ongoing conflict impact the region’s stability and international relations?
