{"id":107251,"date":"2024-09-26T15:47:08","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T08:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107251"},"modified":"2024-09-26T15:47:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T08:47:08","slug":"us-and-france-work-on-cease-fire-plan-for-israel-and-hezbollah-as-conflict-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107251","title":{"rendered":"US and France work on cease-fire plan for Israel and Hezbollah as conflict grows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"dateline\">NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 <\/span>France\u2019s foreign minister said Wednesday that his country and the United States are working on a proposal for a 21-day cease-fire \u201cto allow for negotiations\u201d in the <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/top-videos\/hezbollah-launches-missile-at-tel-aviv-in-escalation-of-israel-lebanon-conflict-air-raid-sirens-militant-group-qader-1-ballistic-mossad-pager-explosives-walkie-talkies-palestinian-hamas-gaza-war#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/top-videos\/hezbollah-launches-missile-at-tel-aviv-in-escalation-of-israel-lebanon-conflict-air-raid-sirens-militant-group-qader-1-ballistic-mossad-pager-explosives-walkie-talkies-palestinian-hamas-gaza-war#\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"noopener\">escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah <\/a>that has killed more than 600 people in Lebanon in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot told the U.N. Security Council during a meeting about the conflict that the proposal would be released shortly and \u201cwe are counting on both parties to accept it without delay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barrot said France, a former colonial power to Lebanon, and the U.S. had consulted with the sides on \u201cfinal parameters for a diplomatic way out of this crisis,\u201d adding that \u201cwar is not unavoidable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U.S. deputy ambassador to the U.N. Robert Wood encouraged the council to support the diplomatic efforts but didn\u2019t offer specifics about the plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are working with other countries on a proposal that we hope will lead to calm and enable discussions to a diplomatic solution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. administration was &#8220;intensely engaged with a number of partners to deescalate tensions in Lebanon and to work to get a cease-fire agreement that would have so many benefits for all concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blinken and other advisers to President Joe Biden have spent the past three days at and on the sidelines of the annual U.N. General Assembly meeting of world leaders in New York lobbying other countries to support the plan, according to U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomatic conversations.<\/p>\n<p>Americans hope such a cease-fire could lead to longer-term stability along the border between Israel and Lebanon. Months of Israeli and Hezbollah exchanges of fire across the border drove tens of thousands of people from their homes on both sides of the border, and escalated attacks this week have rekindled fears of a broader war in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s national security adviser Jake Sullivan and senior advisers Brett McGurk and Amos Hochstein have been meeting with Middle East allies in New York and have been in touch with Israeli officials about the proposal, one of the U.S. officials said. McGurk and Hochstein have been the White House\u2019s chief interlocutors with Israel and Lebanon since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, another Iranian-backed militant group.<\/p>\n<p>An Israeli official said Netanyahu has given the green light to pursue a possible deal, but only if it includes the return of Israeli civilians to their homes. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were discussing behind-the-scenes diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati threw his support behind the French-U.S. plan that \u201cenjoys international support and which would put an end to this dirty war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He called on the Security Council \u201cto guarantee the withdrawal of Israel from all the occupied Lebanese territories and the violations that are repeated on a daily basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the possibility of a halt in the fighting taking effect Thursday, a Lebanese official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to share details with the media, said it was \u201cnot wishful thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/americas-news-now\/president-joe-biden-set-to-give-likely-final-un-address-marked-by-wars-in-ukraine-middle-east-israel-gaza-lebanon-hamas-hezbollah-russia-vladimir-putin-volodymyr-zelenskyy-donald-trump-kamala-harris-pentagon-arabs-diplomacy-foreign-policy#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/americas-news-now\/president-joe-biden-set-to-give-likely-final-un-address-marked-by-wars-in-ukraine-middle-east-israel-gaza-lebanon-hamas-hezbollah-russia-vladimir-putin-volodymyr-zelenskyy-donald-trump-kamala-harris-pentagon-arabs-diplomacy-foreign-policy#\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden warned <\/a>in an appearance on ABC\u2019s \u201cThe View\u201d that \u201can all-out war is possible\u201d but said he thinks the opportunity also exists \u201cto have a settlement that can fundamentally change the whole region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden suggested that getting Israel and Hezbollah to agree to a cease-fire could help achieve a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. That war is approaching the one-year mark after Hamas raids in southern Israel on Oct. 7 killed about 1,200 people. Israel responded with an offensive that has since killed more than 41,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health officials, who do not provide a breakdown of civilians and fighters in their count.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s possible and I&#8217;m using every bit of energy I have with my team  to get this done,\u201d Biden said. \u201cThere&#8217;s a desire to see change in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. and other international mediators have tried and failed for months to broker a cease-fire in Gaza that also would release hostages held by Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. government also raised the pressure with additional sanctions Wednesday targeting more than a dozen ships and other entities it says were involved in illicit shipments of Iranian petroleum for the financial benefit of Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard and Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the chief of Israel&#8217;s army said Wednesday that the military is preparing for a possible ground operation in Lebanon as Hezbollah hurled dozens of projectiles into Israel, including a missile aimed at Tel Aviv that was the militant group\u2019s deepest strike yet.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken has been urging both Israel and <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/top-videos\/exploring-hezbollah-origins-long-standing-feud-with-israel-gaza-middle-east-lebanese-civil-war-manifesto-terrorism-beruit-lebanon-terrorist-organization-designation#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/top-videos\/exploring-hezbollah-origins-long-standing-feud-with-israel-gaza-middle-east-lebanese-civil-war-manifesto-terrorism-beruit-lebanon-terrorist-organization-designation#\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"noopener\">Hezbollah to step back<\/a> from their intensifying conflict, saying that all-out war would be disastrous for the region and that escalation was not the way to get people back to their homes on the Israel-Lebanon border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be through a diplomatic agreement that has forces pulled back from the border, create a secure environment, people return home,\u201d Blinken told NBC News. \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re driving toward because while there\u2019s a very legitimate issue here, we don\u2019t think that war is the solution.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local12.com\/news\/nation-world\/us-france-work-on-cease-fire-plan-for-israel-hezbollah-conflict-grows-lebanon-victims-21-days-united-nations-border-fighting-missile-strikes-potential-ground-invasion\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 France\u2019s foreign minister said Wednesday that his country and the United States are working on a proposal for a 21-day cease-fire \u201cto allow for negotiations\u201d in &hellip; 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