Hezbollah is prepared to cease fire if Lebanon is involved in peace initiatives in Gaza – TV – World

BEIRUT, October 27. /TASS/. Hezbollah is ready to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which considers a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, in case the Lebanese file is included in peace initiatives in the Gaza Strip, LBC television said, citing a diplomatic source.

According to the source, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri informed Qatar and Egypt that Hezbollah has agreed to “divide fronts” and implement UN Security Council Resolution 1701, provided that the problem of resolving the conflict in Lebanon is part of Gaza’s peace initiatives. Strip.

The source said ways to settle the confrontation between Hezbollah and Israel had been discussed in Doha, where delegates from Qatar, the United States and Israel discussed the resolution of the situation in the Palestinian enclave on Sunday. Egyptian and Qatari officials are expected to meet with Hamas and a high-ranking Qatari delegation will visit Beirut to further explain Lebanon’s positions, the source said.

The meeting in Doha “has broken the wall of difficulties,” the source said, adding that the Gaza talks have made “slight progress,” indicating that Israel and Hamas are willing to exchange hostages are held in the enclave and to exchange Palestinian refugees. prisoners in Israeli prisons.

A new round of escalation between Israel and Hezbollah flared up during the conflict in the Gaza Strip, following a series of explosions of Hezbollah pages and walkie-talkies in Lebanon on September 17 and 18. Hezbollah blamed the blasts on Israel, which refrained from commenting. about these incidents and merely warns that it is intensifying combat operations in the northern areas.

Israel has been carrying out massive airstrikes on Hezbollah military targets in Lebanon since September 23, when it launched Operation Northern Arrows. Israel’s stated goal is to create safe conditions in the country’s northern areas so that tens of thousands of local residents can return to their homes. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was reportedly killed during the Israeli attack on Beirut on September 27. In the early hours of October 1, Israel announced the launch of a ground operation in Lebanon’s border areas.