According to multiple Israeli media reports on Monday, the Israeli government has agreed to the outline of a US proposal for a ceasefire with Hezbollah, and the Lebanese government has also reportedly largely agreed to it.
Under the agreement, Hezbollah would agree to move north of the Litani River and away from the Israeli border, in accordance with 2006 UN Security Council Resolution 1701.
In addition, Barak Rabbid Axios Report:
- The draft agreement includes a U.S.-led oversight committee to monitor implementation and address violations.
- The United States agreed to provide Israel with guarantees that included support for Israeli military action against imminent threats from Lebanese territory and actions to disrupt, such as resuming a Hezbollah military presence near the border and smuggling heavy weapons. , Israel said. says US officials.
- Under the agreement, Israel, after consultation with the United States, will take such action if the Lebanese army fails to address the threat.
The terms outlined above appear to address a key sticking point in the negotiations: Israel's freedom of action to confront Hezbollah should the terrorist group decide to attack Israeli towns near the border again.
On Sunday, the two countries exchanged heavy blows. This is a deceptive sign of an impending agreement, as both sides seek to claim that they achieved their military goals and ended up in a superior position before the fighting stopped.
Israel launched a large-scale airstrike against Dahieh, the Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut, but Hezbollah launched Israel fired 250 rockets in 24 hours, most of which were intercepted, but some caused damage and minor injuries.
There is an incentive on both sides to reach a ceasefire before the incoming Trump administration takes office. Because while President Trump has promised to give Israel greater freedom of action to win the war against Iran's terrorist proxies, he also wants to end the Lebanon war by the time he takes office. said.
In any case, after destroying Hezbollah's leadership and communications infrastructure and eradicating much of its infrastructure near the Israeli border, Israel is the clear winner in this conflict, the Third Lebanon War.
The broader question is whether the ceasefire can last and how the United States and Israel will deal with the Iranian regime.
Joel B. Pollack is a senior editor at Breitbart News. Breitbart News Sunday Sunday nights from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM ET (4:00 PM to 7:00 PM PT) on Sirius XM Patriot. he is the author of Agenda: What should President Trump do in his first 100 days?available for pre-order on Amazon. He is also the author of Trumpian Virtues: Lessons and Legacy of the Donald Trump Presidencynow available on Audible. He is the recipient of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter @joelpolak.
