Report: Hezbollah, Iran giving chance to Gaza negotiations
Hezbollah does not intend to expand its conflict with Israel and will give a chance to the ongoing negotiations over a Gaza ceasefire, a media report said.
“This requires it to be patient as to its response against Israel (over Fouad Shukur’s assassination), and the same stance also applies to Iran,” Lebanese political sources have told foreign ambassadors, according to Asharq al-Awsat newspaper.
“Coordination is ongoing between Speaker Nabih Berri and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, and they are exchangin viewpoints with Hezbollah to put it in the picture of their meetings with the envoys who are visiting Lebanon,” the daily reported.
Berri and Mikati “have expressed their relief over the stance of Hezbollah, which has not objected against the influx of foreign envoys, including U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein,” political sources told the newspaper.
“Hezbollah believes that it should give a chance to the Gaza ceasefire negotiations and it is currently holding back its response against Israel, while reserving its right to retaliate at the appropriate time, taking into account the general situation in the country,” the sources added.
“Mikati and caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib are following up on the contacts related to the raging situation in the south and their concern is to rein in Israel and prevent it from expanding the war towards the south,” the sources went on to say.
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