Hezbollah boss agrees with the murder of temporary ceasefire

Hezbollah boss agrees with the murder of temporary ceasefire

The Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said in an interview with CNN that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah just a few days before his Murder by Israel had approved a 21-day ceasefire. The ceasefire was called for by US President Joe Biden, his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and other allies during the last UN General Assembly.

Consolidation about the ceasefire

"He [Nasrallah] agreed that he agreed," said Habib Christiane Amanpour and emphasized that the Lebanese government was reached a complete agreement on the ceasefire after consulting Hezbollah. "The spokesman for the Lebanese parliament, Mr. Nabih Berri, advised himself with Hezbollah, and we informed the Americans and French. And they told us that Mr. [Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu also agreed to explain that both presidents [Biden and Macron] had published."

Negotiations on the ceasefire

Accordingly, the high -ranking advisor to the White House, Amos Hochstein, had stepped in to travel to Lebanon and negotiate the details of the ceasefire. "They informed us that Mr. Netanyahu agreed, and so we also had the consent of Hezbollah, and they know what happened since then," added the foreign minister. Nasrallah was In an Israeli air raid Killed on Friday in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut.

Reactions to the ceasefire

The day before, had a joint explanation from the United States, France, Australia, Canada, the European Union, Germany, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and Qatar 21-day ceasefire required to "give diplomacy an opportunity and avoid further escalations at the border." An informed western source confirmed that Hezbollah had approved a temporary ceasefire shortly before the US proposal was published.

Unclear communication and agreements

However, a representative of the bid administration found that a direct consent of Nasrallah is "not something that we heard before. If it is true, it has never been communicated to us." The spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Matthew Miller, did not rule out that it could have happened, but emphasized that the United States was not informed about it. "If that is true, it was not told in any way," Miller told CNN at a press conference on Thursday.

Hezbollah's vague attitude

Hezbollah never publicly announced her position and seemed to wait and see how Israel would react to the declaration of the United States, France and other allies regarding the armistice. A US official had previously announced that those of the US Explanation It was also approved by Israel after working on it for several days. In a hastily established phone call, high-ranking civil servants of the bid administration informed the reporters confidently: "The ceasefire will apply for 21 days on the border between Lebanon and Israel." But hours later, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would "continue to attack Hezbollah with all his might".

The role of the USA

The US official stated that the administration had been looking for the plan when it learned that Israel might try to switch off Nasrallah. When asked about the distant influence of the United States in the region, Habib said: "The United States is always important in this regard. I don't think we have an alternative. We need the help of the United States. Whether we get it or not is still uncertain, but the United States is very important and decisive for the ceasefire."

The reporting was supported by Alexander Marquardt and Jennifer Hansler of CNN.