French FM reportedly carrying Israeli proposals to Lebanon
French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné, who arrived in Beirut on Tuesday, is carrying a message from Israel containing proposals for resolving the border conflict, a media report said.
The proposals call for the Lebanese government to “take the necessary measures to implement Resolution 1701 and halt the military operations that Hezbollah is carrying out against Israel, in return for Israel’s refraining from any broad military action in the South,” al-Binaa newspaper quoted sources as saying.
Nearly four months of cross-border fire have killed more than 210 people in Lebanon, most of them Hezbollah fighters but also including more than 25 civilians. On the Israeli side of the border, nine soldiers and six civilians have been killed, according to Israeli officials.
The fighting has also displaced tens of thousands of residents on both sides of the border and Israel has warned that it is ready to use military force to return its settlers to their homes.
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