September 26 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The White House has stated that the joint statement by several countries on a “temporary” 21-day truce in Lebanon between Israel and the Shiite militia party Hezbollah was made “in coordination” with Israeli authorities after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the proposal this Thursday.
“The statement was coordinated with the Israeli side. I can’t speak for them. They will have to speak for themselves. I’m just stating what we know, how this came about and what our goal is,” the Israeli spokeswoman said at a press conference. the White House, Karine Jean-Pierre.
In this sense, he has reiterated that the declaration was “a call for a temporary ceasefire to open space” so that diplomacy “reaches an agreement that allows civilians on both sides of the border to return to their homes in a safe manner.” safe.”
This comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has responded to information about the possibility of a truce with the Shiite militia party Hezbollah on the border with Lebanon and has stressed that he has ordered the Army to continue military operations “with all their might.”
“The news about a ceasefire is not true. This is a Franco-American proposal to which the prime minister did not even respond,” Netanyahu’s office said through his account on the social network X.
The United States and France called on Wednesday for a “temporary” 21-day truce between Israel and Hezbollah in view of “a diplomatic agreement” to “avoid further escalation on both sides of the border, a proposal that has received support from the European Union and several countries, including Arab states.
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