Israeli regime rejects Lebanon ceasefire during Washington talks: Report
The Israeli regime has pre-empted a planned meeting with Lebanon by rejecting a ceasefire during preliminary talks scheduled in Washington, an Israeli media report says.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu views the start of the talks as “a tactic to buy time without stopping the fighting, while showing goodwill toward the Americans and (US) President Donald Trump,” Haaretz reported, citing Israeli sources.
The sources expressed skepticism about the likelihood of any progress in the talks.
On Monday evening, the US State Department announced that the discussions would be held at the department’s headquarters in Washington on Tuesday evening.
Participants will include Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter, Lebanese Ambassador Nada Muaawad, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and US Ambassador to Beirut Michel Issa.
“Leiter will arrive at the talks under instructions not to agree to a ceasefire, which will make it extremely difficult to find common ground with the Lebanese side,” the report added.
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The Lebanese government has sought a ceasefire commitment from Israel as a condition for meaningful negotiations.
The report noted that Israel’s top priority in the talks remains the disarmament of Hezbollah.
The talks have faced strong criticism from the Hezbollah resistance movement, which insists that its weapons are not a bargaining chip and not subject to negotiation.
The resistance group says its arms are essential for defending Lebanon against ongoing Israeli aggression.
Hezbollah has in recent days intensified its retaliatory strikes against Israel.
The Israeli military said in a statement that a soldier had been killed in Lebanon.
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“Sergeant Major (Res.) Ayal Uriel Bianco, aged 30, from Katzrin, a firefighting vehicle driver in the 188th Brigade, fell during combat in southern Lebanon,” the statement read.
The developments come as many had hoped that the recently announced US–Iran ceasefire would extend to Lebanon.
Instead, Israeli strikes killed more than 350 people across Lebanon in the days that followed.
According to local health authorities, more than 160 children have been killed in Lebanon since the escalation began.
Since March 2, Israel has been carrying out an expanded and brutal aggression in Lebanon that has killed at least 2,089 people and wounded 6,762 others.
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