Israeli government sources told Israeli public TV Kan that the ceasefire deal in Lebanon "is done." The broadcaster said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was now studying how to explain it to the public. However, Lebanese media outlet LBCI quoted American mediator Amos Hochstein as saying that reports that Israel had given the green light "are not accurate."
Netanyahu held a security consultation with ministers last night, Kan said. The focus of the discussion was the IDF's freedom of action in the Syrian-Lebanon border area. According to sources close to the American delegation, the TV said, Israel has received guarantees from Washington about its freedom of action in the event of a violation of the agreement . According to Channel 14, a broadcaster considered close to the prime minister, Netanyahu made it clear in discussions with ministers that "the basic condition in the matter is that we will decide what is considered a 'violation'."
The other issue, Israeli sources have been reporting for days, is the composition of the international monitoring committee in Lebanon . According to the Lebanese daily l'Orient du Jour, the truce would in any case be only temporary , pending broader negotiations on a definitive ceasefire. But while a ceasefire seems ever closer, the war is not losing intensity: Israel yesterday launched a series of air strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut , according to the Lebanese state news agency Nna. According to the Orient du Jour, 12 buildings were hit. While according to the Israeli army , several people were injured due to rocket fire from Hezbollah, which launched more than 250 rockets , including drones, yesterday towards the north and center of Israel. Hezbollah had previously claimed to have destroyed six Israeli Merkava tanks in southern Lebanon, five of them in the strategic coastal area of Bayada.
(Online Union)
