Hochstein tells Bou Saab 1701 not on the front burner

U.S. presidential envoy Amos Hochstein told Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab in their meeting in Dubai that U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 “is not on the front burner” and that “its amendment is not currently on the table,” a media report said.

“I held a lengthy meeting with Hochstein and we agreed that any talk about a satisfying solution that would guarantee stability on the border cannot begin before the ceasefire,” Bou Saab told al-Joumhouria newspaper in remarks published Friday.

Since the Israel-Hamas war began on October 7, the frontier between Lebanon and Israel has seen intensifying exchanges of fire, mainly between Israel and Hezbollah, but also Palestinian groups.

More than 110 people have been killed on the Lebanese side, mostly Hezbollah fighters and more than a dozen civilians, according to an AFP tally, since fighting began in October. On the Israeli side, six soldiers and three civilians have been killed, Israeli authorities have said.