Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah approved a ceasefire with Israel shortly before his death, according to the Lebanese Foreign Minister. The pro-Iranian terrorist militia had also conveyed its consent to the Americans and the French through the Lebanese government, Foreign Minister Abdullah Bu Habib emphasized to the American television channel CNN on Thursday.
US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron had called for a 21-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. A larger group of states joined the demand. The three weeks were intended to create space for a diplomatic solution to the conflict and the Gaza war. However, Hezbollah itself had not publicly stated that it had approved the proposal.
“You know what has happened since then.”
The US and France announced that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also agreed to the ceasefire, Habib said. “So we also got approval from Hezbollah and you know what has happened since then.”
Immediately afterwards, the Israeli air force carried out a massive attack on the headquarters of the Iranian-backed militia in Beirut. It is said that it was under residential buildings.
In addition to the bombings, which continued unabated even after Nasrallah’s death, an Israeli army ground operation has now begun in Lebanon. Israel is already suffering its first losses. Several members of the special forces were killed in the battle against Hezbollah militants.
The Israeli army has released images of the ground offensive:
Hezbollah: Israeli advance repulsed
According to their own statements, Hezbollah fighters repulsed an Israeli army advance at a border checkpoint in the south of the country. The militia “repelled an attempt by the enemy Israeli army to advance with artillery fire,” Hezbollah said.
According to its own information, the militia also fired rockets at the northern Israeli city of Tiberias on Thursday. Hezbollah said it was in response to Israeli airstrikes on Lebanese “cities, villages and civilians.”
Source: Krone
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