Lebanese FM hopes for ceasefire by Tuesday night, EU Chief urges pressure on Zionist entity
Lebanon’s foreign minister, Abdallah Bou Habib, said he hoped a ceasefire would be agreed later on Tuesday, adding that the Lebanese army would be ready to have at least 5,000 troops deployed in southern Lebanon as Zionist troops withdraw, and that the United States could play a role in rebuilding infrastructure destroyed by the Zionist strikes.
Speaking at a G7 Foreign Ministers meeting in Italy, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said there was no excuse for not implementing the deal with Hezbollah, adding pressure should be exerted on the Zionist entity to approve it immediately.
“Let’s hope that today Netanyahu will approve the ceasefire agreement. No more excuses. No more additional requests,” Borrell said, criticising hard-line Zionist ministers who have spoken against the deal.
Following his recent trip to Lebanon, Borrell said that the Lebanese have specifically requested France’s involvement, while the Zionist entity has refused, making it a sticking point in the negotiations.
Details of the ceasefire proposal remained unclear, but some of the earlier differences included the formation of a supervision mechanism.
Since the Zionist escalation in late September, Lebanese authorities have said any deal should be based on the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the Zionist war on Lebanon in 2006.
In parallel with the negotiations, the Zionist forces carried out new strikes on Lebanon’s capital, after assuming the lives of at least 31 martyrs in 24 hours there.
According to Lebanon’s health ministry, at least 3,768 people have been martyred and 15,699 wounded since the Zionist genocide in Gaza began.
