Netanyahu orders to negotiate with Lebanon a peace plan that includes disarming Hezbollah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced this Thursday that he has given orders to begin negotiating with Lebanon “as soon as possible” a peace plan that includes “disarm Hezbollah”a Lebanese Shiite militia backed by the Iranian regime.

“In the face of repeated requests from Lebanon to begin direct negotiations with Israel, yesterday I instructed the cabinet to begin such negotiations as soon as possiblee,” Netanyahu said in a statement collected by Reuters. “The negotiations will focus on the disarmament of Hezbollah and the establishment of peaceful relations between Israel and Lebanon.”

In the same message, Netanyahu indicated that he appreciated “the call made today by the Prime Minister of Lebanon to demilitarize Beirut.”

A fragile ceasefire

These statements come two days after the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire. In recent hours, however, contradictory interpretations have multiplied as to whether the pact includes or not the cessation of hostilities in Lebanon.

“The two-week ceasefire does not include Lebanon, we will continue to attack,” Netanyahu said Wednesday in an appearance in which he defended the continuity of his offensive. Just a few hours earlier, Israeli forces launched the biggest attack since the start of the warwhich left more than 250 dead and a thousand injured.

In response, Tehran warned that it would respond and would break the agreementwhich includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz for oil tankers, if the bombings were not stopped.

With this announcement the main obstacle for the negotiations between Washington and Tehran that will begin this Saturday in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, mediator in the conflict, seems to be unblocked – for the moment -.

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