Israel highlights “progress” in talks regarding a possible ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon

Israel’s Foreign Minister, Gideon Saar, stated this Monday that “progress” has been recorded in the talks regarding a ceasefire in Lebanon, about a month and a half after the start of a new invasion of the country after about a year of fighting on the border with the Shiite militia party Hezbollah.

Saar stressed that “there has been progress in the negotiations for a ceasefire with Lebanon”, before adding that Israel is working for it together with the United States, without further details, as reported by the Israeli news portal Ynet.

Likewise, he has stated that “Russia, Syria and the international community can contribute to stopping the delivery of weapons to Hezbollah and guarantee that (the country) is free of an Iranian branch,” due to Tehran’s support for the group and given the increase in tensions in the Middle East.

Israel unleashed a new invasion of Lebanon on October 1 after several weeks of intense bombing and attacks against the country, including the coordinated explosion of thousands of communication devices used by the Lebanese group, after more than eleven months of fighting with Hezbollah in the border area. Lebanon has reported nearly 3,200 deaths since the outbreak of hostilities on October 8, 2023.

The resurgence in hostilities is part of the clashes that began more than a year ago, after Hezbollah attacked Israeli territory following the attacks carried out on October 7 by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and other Palestinian factions, which led to Israel to unleash a bloody offensive against the Gaza Strip, where more than 43,600 people have already died.