{"id":107314,"date":"2024-09-26T22:31:14","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T15:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107314"},"modified":"2024-09-26T22:31:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T15:31:14","slug":"u-s-pushes-israel-hezbollah-cease-fire-in-lebanon-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107314","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Pushes Israel-Hezbollah Cease-Fire in Lebanon: Live Updates"},"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<p>The United States, its allies in Europe and several Arab nations on Wednesday unveiled a joint cease-fire proposal to temporarily end the recent deadly fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, hoping to avert a wider war and bolster stalled negotiations between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is time for a settlement on the Israel-Lebanon border that ensures safety and security to enable civilians to return to their homes,\u201d President Biden said in a joint statement on Wednesday evening with President Emmanuel Macron of France. \u201cThe exchange of fire since Oct. 7, and in particular over the past two weeks, threatens a much broader conflict, and harm to civilians.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Officials said there were indications that Israel and Lebanon were supportive of talks that might soon lead to a cease-fire, and Mr. Biden and Mr. Macron called for \u201cimmediate support\u201d for the proposal by the two governments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The proposal was endorsed by Australia, Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. In a statement, all of the signatories called for \u201can immediate 21-day cease-fire across the Lebanon-Israel border\u201d to provide space for further negotiations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Mr. Biden, arriving back in Washington from the United Nations General Assembly in New York, told reporters that \u201cwe were able to generate significant support from Europe, as well as the Arab nations.\u201d He added: \u201cIt\u2019s important the war does not widen. I\u2019ll have more to say tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Two American officials said late Wednesday that they hoped a three-week cease-fire would allow time for a permanent end to the fighting between the two countries. They hinted that Israel and Lebanon had been supportive of the rapid-fire discussions over the previous 48 hours and might agree to the proposal soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">One official said that diplomats have had conversations with both countries and were hopeful that representatives of their governments would accept the proposal for a cease-fire in \u201cthe coming hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Hezbollah, a militant group that does not have the same accountability as a state institution in Lebanon, would not be formally asked to accept the proposal. But the officials, who spoke to reporters on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the negotiations, said that if Lebanon agreed to a cease-fire, its government would be expected to ensure that Hezbollah fighters adhered to it during the 21-day period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">They said a temporary pause in the fighting could provide \u201cdiplomatic space\u201d that could help revive stalled negotiations over the fighting in Gaza between Hamas and Israel. Mr. Biden offered a three-step proposal in May to bring an end to the nearly yearlong war in Gaza, but it has stalled amid objections from both Israel and Hamas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The proposal from nearly a dozen countries came after intense discussions between Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and other diplomats on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, where leaders from around the globe are confronting the latest violence in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot, France\u2019s minister for Europe and foreign affairs, told the U.N. Security Council during an emergency session on the crisis on Wednesday evening that neither country had yet signed on to the proposal after a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/24\/world\/middleeast\/israel-lebanon-strikes-deaths.html\" title=\"\">wave of fierce airstrikes<\/a> by Israeli forces that have killed hundreds of people over the past week. But officials said they would try to persuade the two sides to agree to the proposal in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Mr. Barrot said he was traveling to Beirut at the end of the week to work with Lebanese officials on supporting a cease-fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The immediate goal of the diplomatic effort is to reduce the chance that the deadliest week of fighting between Lebanon and Israel in years will draw the region into a wider conflict that kills many people and destabilizes the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">But American officials also hope that stepping back from a war with Hezbollah would put pressure on Yahya Sinwar, Hamas\u2019s leader, to agree to a deal that would end nearly a year of fighting in Gaza and lead to the release of the remaining hostages taken during the Oct. 7 attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The push for an end to the fighting comes at what American officials describe as a dangerous new moment in the yearlong spiral of violence, with the possibility of a second front along the border with Lebanon that could draw much bigger players. Hezbollah is supported by Iran, which considers the group its most important proxy in the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cAn all-out war is possible, but I think there\u2019s also the opportunity \u2014 we\u2019re still in play to have a settlement that can fundamentally change the whole region,\u201d President Biden said during an appearance earlier on Wednesday on <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheView\/status\/1838980339676357078\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ABC\u2019s \u201cThe View.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The president is under intense pressure to avert that broader conflict, and the clock is ticking. There are 117 days left before Mr. Biden leaves office. He and his aides have been searching \u2014 so far unsuccessfully \u2014 <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/23\/us\/politics\/biden-israel-hezbollah-hamas-gaza.html\" title=\"\">for a negotiated solution<\/a> to the violence that would help Mr. Biden burnish his legacy on the world stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Mr. Blinken has been shuttling back and forth this week between European and Arab delegations in New York for the U.N. General Assembly to try to clinch the temporary cease-fire, a U.S. official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the closed-door diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The efforts have focused on trying to get multiple nations across Europe and the Middle East to agree to the terms of a proposal that would then be presented to Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">On Monday, Mr. Blinken raised the issue at dinner with top diplomats from the Group of 7 nations. He told them that the United States was working on a proposal and wanted to keep efforts coordinated, the official said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Then on Wednesday morning, at a session with top diplomats of Gulf Arab nations, Mr. Blinken pulled aside Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani of Qatar and got his country\u2019s agreement to support the proposal. At the end of that session, Mr. Blinken did the same with Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Along with Amos Hochstein, the White House official who conducts diplomacy with Lebanon, Mr. Blinken met with the prime minister of Lebanon, Najib Mikati, on Wednesday. By Wednesday evening, the Biden administration had gotten multiple European and Arab nations on board with the proposed terms, and was ready to announce the proposal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The new push represents the first time since Oct. 7 that the United States has sought to link the two conflicts involving Israel into a single diplomatic effort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The logic, according to another official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomatic negotiations, is that Hamas has sought to sow regional discord and chaos since the moment of the Oct. 7 attacks by triggering a wider war. As long as Israel is caught in an escalating series of conflicts, officials believe, the leadership of Hamas will not be motivated to reach a deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">That official said the United States believed that Mr. Sinwar would have less leverage over the situation if the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah stopped and could feel more pressure to agree to a cease-fire deal in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The official cautioned that it remained uncertain whether Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah\u2019s leader, or the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was prepared to agree to a halt in the fighting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Some Israeli military officials have argued for months for a more aggressive response to Hezbollah\u2019s attacks. On Wednesday, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, the Israeli military chief of staff, hinted that a ground invasion in Lebanon was possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cYou hear the jets overhead; we have been striking all day,\u201d General Halevi told soldiers along Israel\u2019s border with Lebanon. \u201cThis is both to prepare the ground for your possible entry and to continue degrading Hezbollah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Mr. Nasrallah pledged support for Hamas after the group killed about 1,200 people in a surprise attack last year in Israel. Hezbollah has repeatedly fired missiles and drones into northern Israel, forcing Israelis to flee their homes near the border.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">One of the officials said it was unclear whether Hezbollah\u2019s leader was willing to accept a cease-fire deal without seeing movement toward a similar deal in Gaza, which could complicate the effort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The diplomacy is being conducted by the United States, with support from France. It comes a week after <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/19\/world\/middleeast\/lebanon-hezbollah-explosions.html\" title=\"\">pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah fighters exploded across Lebanon<\/a>, killing dozens of people and injuring thousands in an attack apparently orchestrated by Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Israeli officials have not said Israel was responsible for the remote attacks, in which the communications devices were packed with explosives and remotely detonated. But a dozen current and former defense and intelligence officials who were briefed on the attacks said that Israel <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/18\/world\/middleeast\/israel-exploding-pagers-hezbollah.html\" title=\"\">used shell companies<\/a> to get into the supply chain and booby-trap the devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-1smqmx3 etfikam0\">Zolan Kanno-Youngs<!-- --> contributed reporting.<\/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.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/09\/26\/world\/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-hamas\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States, its allies in Europe and several Arab nations on Wednesday unveiled a joint cease-fire proposal to temporarily end the recent deadly fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, hoping &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107314\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}