Lebanese FM: Hassan Nasrallah Agreed to a Ceasefire Right Before Israel Assassinated Him

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Oct. 02, 2024

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah agreed to a ceasefire with Israel negotiated by the US and France right before the Jewish state assassinated him in Beirut, according to Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib.

"He agreed [to a ceasefire]," Bou Habib told PBS's Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday. "Lebanon agreed completely, Lebanon agreed to a ceasefire."

"We consulted with Hezbollah, [Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih] Berri consulted with Hezbollah, and we informed the Americans and the French [that's] what happened and they told us that Mr. Netanyahu also agreed on the statement that was issued by both presidents."

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The US, France and other allies put forward a plan for a 21-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon "to provide space for diplomacy."

As the AP reported last week:

"We call for an immediate 21-day cease-fire across the Lebanon-Israel border to provide space for diplomacy," the [joint statement from the US, France and other allies] said. "We call on all parties, including the governments of Israel and Lebanon, to endorse the temporary cease-fire immediately."

[...] The U.S. officials said Hezbollah would not be a signatory to the new cease-fire proposal but believed the Lebanese government would coordinate its acceptance with the group. They said they expected Israel to "welcome" the proposal and perhaps formally accept it when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the General Assembly on Friday.

Netanyahu's office said the cease-fire plan put forward from the United States and France was only a proposal and that the prime minister, who was flying to the United States, has not responded to it.

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, who is the acting prime minister during Netanyahu's trip abroad, said there will be no cease-fire in the north, vowing to continue the fighting there "with full force until victory" and returning the tens of thousands of Israeli citizens evacuated from their homes in the north.

This lends further credence to the rumors that Israel baited Nasrallah into Hezbollah's headquarters with talk of a ceasefire only to drop 85 bunker busters on his location and wipe him out along with dozens of Lebanese civilians in the area.

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