N. Berri, leader of the Amal party, an ally of Hezbollah, has long acted as an intermediary between the group and the US, which considers Hezbollah a terrorist organization.
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US President Donald Trump late Monday stated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to cancel a military raid in Beirut, and Hezbollah agreed that “all shooting will stop.”
“Parliament Speaker Berri’s main demand is a general ceasefire” and “if an agreement on a general ceasefire is reached, he will ensure that Hezbollah abides by it,” said advisor Ali Hamdan.
He said that “a general ceasefire means stopping Israeli strikes from air, land, or sea,” as well as that “it will not carry out bombings or demolitions” in southern Lebanon, where Israel is accused of leveling entire villages.
“Through high-ranking representatives, I had a very good conversation with Hezbollah and they agreed that all shelling will stop – that Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel,” Trump said.
B. Netanyahu late Monday told Trump that “if Hezbollah does not stop attacking our cities and our citizens, Israel will strike terrorist targets in Beirut.”
Hezbollah has not issued a statement regarding this report.
The Lebanese embassy in the US reported Monday that Hezbollah accepted the US proposal for a “mutual cessation of attacks.”
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“Under the proposed agreement, Israeli strikes on Dahieh would cease in exchange for Hezbollah refraining from attacks against Israel, and the ceasefire system would be expanded to cover the entire territory of Lebanon,” the embassy statement released by the Lebanese presidency added, referring to the southern suburbs of Beirut.
Iran claims that a ceasefire in Lebanon remains among the main conditions for any agreement with the US to end the war in the Middle East.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who is also the country’s chief negotiator, said Monday evening that he spoke by phone with N. Berri.
M. B. Ghalibaf told his Lebanese counterpart that “if Israeli aggression against Lebanon continues, we will not only halt the negotiation process but also directly confront the enemy,” he wrote on the social network X, referring to Israel.
Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported Monday that Tehran is no longer participating in talks with Washington over the Israeli offensive in Lebanon, although there was no official confirmation.
