Lebanon's caretaker prime minister has said a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah could be just “hours or days away.”
Lebanon's caretaker prime minister has said a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah could be just “hours or days away.” Najib Mikati said an agreement could be near after talks with American diplomat Amos Hochstein.A deal would see a truce between Israeli forces and Hezbollah as well as seeing the IDF pulling out of Lebanon within a week of an agreement being signed.
Hezbollah's newly named leader Naim Kassem said in his first public comments that the militant group will keep fighting in its ongoing war with Israel until it is offered ceasefire terms it deems acceptable."If the Israelis decide to stop the aggression, we say that we accept, but according to the conditions that we see as suitable," Mr Kassem said, speaking from an undisclosed location in a pre-recorded televised address."We will not beg for a cease fire as we will continue .
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