Report: Ortagus suggested bombing Nasrallah's funeral

U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus had suggested to Israeli officials that Israel bomb the funeral of slain Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah that was held in Beirut on February 23, Israeli media reports said.

Ortagus raised the issue of attacking the funeral under the pretext of “targeting Hezbollah leaders,” Tamir Morag, the political correspondent of Israel’s Channel 14, said.

“The Israeli side did not agree to the advice and eventually opted not to attack the funeral, although Israeli warplanes overflew Beirut (at a very low altitude) during the ceremony,” Morag added.

Ortagus visited Israel on Tuesday and on Wednesday she took part in a meeting in Lebanon for the ceasefire monitoring committee. MTV described Wednesday’s meeting as positive, after Lebanon and Israel sent civilian figures to the periodic talks in an unprecedented move signaling a higher level of diplomacy.