Report: US asks Hezbollah to convince Hamas to accept ceasefire
The U.S. has indirectly asked Hezbollah to engage in the mediation efforts with Hamas in order to “reach an agreement that would stop the Gaza war and consequently the clashes between Israel and Hezbollah,” a media report said.
“In a phone call with Speaker Nabih Berri, U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein requested that he ask Hezbollah to intensify the efforts with Hamas in parallel with the ongoing efforts with Israel so that a ceasefire can be reached in Gaza,” the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported on Friday.
“Hochstein justified his unprecedented request by saying that it meets Hezbollah’s decision on linking the southern front to Gaza, seeing as should the ongoing efforts to stop the war in the Palestinian sector succeed, that will automatically lead to halting the confrontations in the south,” the daily added.
Hezbollah, however, refused to carry out such a role in the response it sent to Hochstein through Berri, Nidaa al-Watan said.
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