Illustrative image. (The Israeli Defense Forces)
United States Special Envoy Amos Hochstein stated on November 19 that a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon was “within our grasp.”
Speaking from the Lebanese capital, Beirut, Hochstein said he had held “very constructive talks” with Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a close ally of Hezbollah who is mediating on the group’s behalf.
“I came back [to Lebanon] because we have a real opportunity to bring this conflict to an end,” Hochstein said at a press conference after the meeting with Berri, which lasted for around two hours, adding that gaps between the sides had been “significantly narrowed” in the talks.
“It’s ultimately the decisions of the parties to reach a conclusion to this conflict … It is now within our grasp,” he continued.
From his side, Berri said that the “situation is good in principle,” though some unresolved technical details remain. The Lebanese side was now waiting to hear the results of Hochstein’s talks with Israeli officials, he told the Asharq al-Awsat newspaper.
“We are waiting for what he will bring from there,” said Berri.
The speaker said that Hochstein told him that the U.S. had already coordinated with the Israelis about the ceasefire proposal.
The ceasefire proposal on the table calls for the withdrawal of both the Israeli military and Hezbollah from southern Lebanon, where an existing United Nations buffer zone would be bolstered by thousands of additional international peacekeepers and Lebanese troops.
The proposal is mainly built around the UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended a previous war between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006.
The resolution requires Hezbollah to have no armed presence in the area between the Lebanese-Israeli border and the Litani River, which runs for around 30 kilometers. It also forbids Israel from violating Lebanese airspace.
The confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah first broke out after the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, with the group launching attacks in support of the Palestinian enclave.
Israel escalated its attacks on Lebanon starting from September 17 and on September 27 it assassinated the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nassrallah. On September 30, Israel complexacted the situation even more by launching a ground operation in southern Lebanon.
Overall, the confrontation, which has so far claimed the lives of more than 110 people in Israel and left well over 3,500 dead on the Lebanese side, appears to be nearing its end.
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who is hochstein fooling? other bitchsteins in the west maybe
hocstein is an american jew born in jerusalem and served with israeli army, orthodox jew religion.
no ceasefire agreement for hezbollah now that the jews are close to be defeated and palestine liberated from the thieving lying jews (the scum).
r u inferior gay amerikunt
from the river to the sea! the jews will soon be a bad memory!
they are even closer to be defeated then the russians have been since two years. and the palestinians will win as much as the ukrainians are. the prize of the most stupid cannonfodder ever used.
ceasefire agreement “within our grasp.” that’s what anti diplomat blinken said about gaza for almost a year. us mic is making a fortune on israel’s war.
when we say grasp refer to peniz in tel aviv gay bar
so the zionist state would get everything it wants, netanyahu’s political future will look much better, the gaza genocide is to continue at israel’s convenience, hezbollah might as well disarm, and iran is demonstrated to be a faithless ally. iran’s choice was war or dishonour; it will have dishonour now, it will have a war or insurrection arranged by the west later.
oh, yes…it’s all within grasp. of what? israel never implemented 1701 ever and now it’s all good and they’ll be good? who writes this shit? worse soap opera drama ever. when is israel going to leave occupied lebanon? what? don’t ask that? the only reason for a cease fire is so israel can try to reorganize and stockpile more weapons. f that. everything they do is deception. keep sending gifts until they have no more missiles or bases to launch planes. then talk.
from the river to the see the jews say as do the arabs it seems the litany might be one of the rivers the jews mean.
never. not while there are j**$ in charge!…
he probably means the silince of the graveyard after their israeli friend have killed everyone else.