Report: Hochstein urges restrained response, Grand Serail speaks of major settlement

U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein communicated with Lebanese officials over the past hours and urged a restrained retaliation from Hezbollah against Israel so that things do not spiral out of control, a media report said.

However, Hochstein did not receive a guarantee from any party, ad-Diyar newspaper reported on Thursday.

Grand Serail sources meanwhile told the daily that “a major settlement is in the works.”

The reported settlement calls for “the full implementation of Resolution 1701, which would lead to long-term stability,” the sources said.

“The broad lines of the settlement have been laid out and they only need some final touches when the appropriate regional moment comes,” the sources added, noting that such a settlement might come after military escalation.

Informed and “credible” diplomatic sources meanwhile told the newspaper that “there will be no solution between Lebanon and Israel before an agreement is reached over a deal and a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.”