US, France to 'talk to Netanyahu' after Dermer 'rejects' Lebanon truce proposals

Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, who is close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, informed U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein Thursday in New York that “Israel is continuing its war in Lebanon and will not agree to the presented proposals,” an Arab diplomat said.

However, U.S., Qatari, French and Turkish intelligence services have started a series of meetings and the mediators have not lost hope in the possibility of reaching a solution, the diplomat told LBCI television.

“The French and Americans will talk to Netanyahu, while the Qataris and Turks will hold meetings with Iranian officials,” the diplomat added.