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At 9 am on Monday the Israeli prime minister announced his intention to strike the Hezbollah bastion in the southern area of Beirut, in Dahyeh. Unusual time for Benjamin Netanyahu’s statements, except that intense telephone talks were held during the night with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who also spoke with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on ceasefire negotiations. A US official revealed that «to advance the negotiations, the US has proposed a clear plan: Hezbollah must end attacks on northern Israel and cease fire first. In exchange, Israel will refrain from any escalation in Beirut.” The Shiite organization responded by insisting that the IDF should cease the raids as the first move. According to the American report, Aoun attempted to promote the US solution, but “the response of the President of the National Assembly Nabih Berri (an ally of Hezbollah) was evasive and disappointing.” Hence, the Israeli Prime Minister’s statement to corner the pro-Iran organization, probably supported by the American administration, from threatening Beirut.
A bombing stopped by the USA (?)
In fact, the announced bombing in Dahyeh, despite the evacuation orders issued by the IDF, did not take place and, according to the media, was stopped at the last moment by the United States. Instead they are pushing to speed up the negotiation process. According to the Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat «the official Lebanese diplomatic channels have informed the United States that Hezbollah has accepted Washington’s ceasefire proposal and is ready to undertake not to strike Israel, in exchange for a similar commitment not to strike the southern suburbs of Beirut». The news has not been officially confirmed. But in the meantime, the direct meeting on Tuesday in Washington between the Lebanese and Israeli diplomatic delegations, with US supervision, to reach a truce remains confirmed. Israeli commentators on the main news programs underlined “the behind-the-scenes diplomatic efforts to prevent the IDF from attacking Beirut, bringing only a partial withdrawal of Tsahal from Lebanese territory to the center of the possible agreement.”
In the last few hours at least 6 dead and 23 injured
It is unclear whether this is the Yellow Line already marked during the April ceasefire or whether the iconic Beaufort Castle is also included. Between threats and declared retaliations, the day saw Tehran’s clear reaction, which went so far as to threaten a total block on the negotiations, to Netanyahu’s words: «The ceasefire between Iran and the United States is unequivocally a ceasefire on all fronts, including that in Lebanon», declared Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi on war. However, talks will not solve the problem in a few moments, they take time and we have no other choice. Unfortunately, some consider them a surrender, but this is not the case. This is not even a concession, but rather a solution to stop wars with the least possible damage. We will not retreat, we are doing the impossible,” he said. The situation on the ground remains, life under fire for the million residents of northern Israel is unsustainable. Just as it remains dramatic for a good part of the 700 thousand inhabitants of southern Lebanon, displaced several times from their homes while the IDF continues to strike with a toll that in the last few hours has counted at least 6 dead and 23 injured in the attack near the Jabal hospital in Tyre.