The Israeli security cabinet must decide this Tuesday evening on a ceasefire in the war against Lebanese Hezbollah, an Israeli official said on Monday, November 25, on condition of anonymity. “We think we have reached the point where we are close” to an agreement, declared John Kirby, the spokesperson for the White House National Security Council, while emphasizing that nothing was yet certain and calling for caution.
Also very involved in international mediation efforts, the French presidency affirmed that discussions on a ceasefire had “advanced significantly”, calling on Israel and Hezbollah to seize “this opportunity as quickly as possible”. These announcements were made after an intensification in recent days of Israeli strikes against strongholds of the pro-Iranian movement in Lebanon, which left at least 31 dead this Monday according to the Ministry of Health.
Information to remember:
⇒ Israel must decide this Tuesday evening on a ceasefire with Hezbollah
⇒ Lebanon: at least 31 dead in Israeli strikes this Monday
⇒ “Deep concern” of UNIFIL after attacks on the Lebanese army attributed to Israel
Israel must decide this Tuesday evening on a ceasefire with Hezbollah
Israel’s security cabinet is due to decide Tuesday evening on a ceasefire in the war against Lebanese Hezbollah, an official said Monday, with the United States saying an agreement was “close.” Also very involved in international mediation efforts, the French presidency affirmed that discussions on a ceasefire had “advanced significantly”, calling on Israel and Hezbollah to seize “this opportunity as quickly as possible”.
According to the American news site Axiosthe 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 allow the Lebanese army to deploy there. It includes the establishment of an international committee to monitor its implementation, Axios added, speaking of American assurances to support Israeli military action in the event of hostile acts by Hezbollah.
Lebanon: at least 31 dead in Israeli strikes this Monday
At least 31 people were killed in “strikes by the Israeli enemy” on Monday on different regions of Lebanon, mainly Hezbollah strongholds, the Lebanese Health Ministry said. In a statement, the ministry said that most of the deaths were recorded in southern Lebanon.
Israeli raids on bridges in Syria, near Lebanon
Syrian state television announced this Monday evening Israeli strikes on several bridges in Syria, near the Lebanese border, with the Ministry of Defense reporting two injured civilians. The Israeli army has intensified its strikes in Syria since the escalation in September of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon, after a year of cross-border hostilities.
“An Israeli aggression targeted the Al-Joubaniyeh, Al-Daf, Arjoun bridges and the Al-Nizariyeh Gate in the Qousseir region”, in central Syria, the television said. The Syrian news agency SANA reported “damage”. The Defense Ministry said that “the Israeli enemy launched an aerial assault from Lebanese territory, attacking crossing points that it had already struck” between the two countries. He reported two injured civilians.
UNIFIL “deep concern” after attacks on Lebanese army blamed on Israel
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) expressed this Monday its “deep concern” following the deadly attacks against the Lebanese army in the south of the country attributed to Israel. In a statement, UNIFIL stressed that “the army has reported a series of Israeli strikes in recent weeks.” “These attacks cost the lives of 45 soldiers, according to the Lebanese army,” the peacekeepers said.
According to the Lebanese army, 45 soldiers have been killed since the violence began more than a year ago, including 19 in the line of duty since the violence began. This Sunday, a Lebanese soldier was killed and 18 others injured, some seriously, in an Israeli attack on their position in al-Amiriyeh, in southern Lebanon, according to an army statement. The Israeli army expressed its “regrets” for this attack on Sunday and assured that its operations were directed “solely against Hezbollah”.