The Israeli government reportedly handed over a document last week to allow civilians displaced on both sides of the border to return home, according to US website Axios.
Last week, Israel handed the United States a document containing its terms for a diplomatic solution to end the war in Lebanon, the US website Axios said on Sunday, citing two US and two Israeli officials.
According to our colleagues, Israel is demanding that its Israeli Defense Forces be authorized to engage in “active application” to ensure that Hezbollah does not rearm and rebuild its military infrastructure near the border in areas of southern Lebanon, Axios reported, citing an Israeli official.
Israel also demanded that its air force be able to operate freely in Lebanese airspace, the report added. A US official told Axios that it was highly unlikely that Lebanon and the international community would accept Israel’s terms.
These demands call into question the sovereignty of the Cedar Country and directly contradict Resolution 1701 of the UN Security Council. To date, only the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the Lebanese army can enforce a hypothetical ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
It was Ron Dermer, minister of strategic affairs of the Hebrew state and close associate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who allegedly handed this document to Amos Hochstein on Thursday. The latter is the White House’s special envoy, and he will travel to Beirut on Monday to discuss a diplomatic solution to the conflict.
New Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon
The Israeli army continued airstrikes in Lebanon on Sunday evening against the offices of a company it accuses of funding Hezbollah, after shelling positions of the pro-Iranian movement across the country.
The UN Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon, for its part, accused the army of “deliberately” destroyed one “lookout tower” peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, the latest in a series of incidents against the country’s positions that have brought Israel a barrage of international criticism.
After a year of border firefights with Hezbollah and having weakened Hamas in Gaza, the Israeli army shifted the bulk of its operations to Lebanon, where it has been carrying out intense attacks against the Islamist movement since September 23 and a ground offensive since September 30 . the southern part of the country.
At least 1,470 people have been killed in Lebanon since September 23, according to an AFP count based on official data, and by mid-October the UN recorded nearly 700,000 displaced people.