A political turning point in Lebanon. It would be the possibility glimpsed by them United States while in the Land of the Cedars Israeli military operations continue against the fighters of the Party of God, orphan of its general secretary Hasan Nasrallah. According to the Wall Street Journalwhich cites US and Arab officials, the Biden Administration is reportedly pushing to use the Israeli offensive against Hezbollah as an opportunity to end the group’s dominance and elect a new president of the Republic.
An election that Lebanon has been waiting for since 2022, since the end of Michel Aoun’s mandate, in the midst of political stalemate. The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, has spoken to the leaders of Qatar, Egypt and Saudi Arabia in recent days to ask them to support the election of a new head of state (who is also the commander of the Armed Forces), writes the WSJ, and US envoy Amos Hochstein told Arab interlocutors that the weakening of Hezbollah, targeted by Israel’s military campaign, should be seen as an opportunity to potentially break the stalemate.
According to Saudi officials quoted by the newspaper, the US initiative has the support of Riyadh. While, the WSJ writes, officials from Egypt and Qatar have told the Americans that they consider the plan unrealistic and even dangerous.
IDF: “Two Hezbollah commanders killed in Lebanon”
The Israeli forces (IDF) have meanwhile confirmed thekilling of two Lebanese Hezbollah commanders in “targeted” air raids. On Also “eliminated”, the military said, was Mohammad Ali Hamdan, described as the commander of Hezbollah’s ‘anti-tank unit’ in the Meiss El Jabal area and accused of being behind attacks with anti-tank missiles against areas in northern Israel. “We will continue – the IDF reiterates – to eliminate Hezbollah terrorists who threaten the lives of our civilians”.
Gaza, Hamas-Fatah talks in Cairo: no post-war agreement
“Fatah is for the continuation of the current Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa, appointed by the President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas for reform, and Hamas rejects this nomination.” A high-level Palestinian Authority official told the Israeli news site Ynet the day after the news of the talks in Cairo between Fatah and Hamas, focused – as specified – on the post-war period in the Gaza Strip. “There will be no agreement on the Gaza management commission,” he said.
And, he said, “no new agreement emerges from the talks in Cairo.” “Hamas – he added – wants a national unity government to manage Gaza and not a commission like the one proposed by Abbas”.
Yesterday Hamas, which took control of the Strip in 2007, confirmed talks with Fatah in Cairo to talk about “aggression in Gaza, political and on-the-ground developments and national unification efforts”. Fatah, through the Palestinian National Authority, maintains limited administrative control over the West Bank.
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