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In Tel Aviv, it becomes clear that it will not be able to avoid the ceasefire demanded by Washington...
Israel is considering a ceasefire in Lebanon amid pressure from Washington. According to Israeli media, the cabinet met on Wednesday under the leadership of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the possibility of declaring a ceasefire, as Tel Aviv sees that it will not be able to avoid it.
"Our assessment is that within a few days we will have no choice but to declare a complete ceasefire in Lebanon," a senior Israeli political source told Israeli network Channel 12.
Media reported that the US is pressuring Israel to agree to a temporary week-long ceasefire in the war against Hezbollah in the hope that such a step will help negotiations between Israel and Lebanon and Washington's efforts to reach a deal with Iran to end the war.
Sources from Hezbollah and the Lebanese government told Reuters that efforts to reach a ceasefire were underway, a day after a historic meeting between Israel and Lebanon in Washington and six weeks after Hezbollah began attacking Israel amid the US-Israeli war with Iran.
For its part, the US denied that it had pressured Israel to agree to a ceasefire in Lebanon. “It is not something we asked for, nor is it part of the peace negotiations with Iran, but the president would welcome an end to hostilities in Lebanon as part of a peace agreement between Israel and Lebanon,” a senior US official was quoted as saying by the Israeli website Times of Israel.
The security cabinet meeting on Wednesday evening ended without a decision, Channel 12 later reported, citing two Israeli officials familiar with the matter.
Clashes between Israel and Hezbollah continued on Wednesday. Five Israeli soldiers were wounded, one seriously and four lightly, in a Hezbollah rocket attack in southern Lebanon, the Israeli military said. The soldiers were taken to hospital and their families were notified, the military added.
During a visit to southern Lebanon on Wednesday, the Chief of General Staff of the Israeli Armed Forces, Major General Eyal Zamir, said he had approved new battle plans for both Lebanon and Iran and described southern Lebanon, up to the Litani River, as an "extermination zone for Hezbollah terrorists."
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