A French official denies a Channel 12 report from last week claiming that Hezbollah rejected in writing a French proposal for a ceasefire with Israel.
“The report is inaccurate and wrong,” the official tells The Times of Israel.
“There are no negotiations,” the official continues. “Hezbollah refuses to negotiate while the war in Gaza is going on.”
At the same time, says the official, France has ways to get its messages to Hezbollah.
Channel 12 reported last week that Hezbollah had rejected a French proposal through the Shiite Amal party, which included a series of watchtowers for the Lebanese army along the border.
The French effort, said the report, complicated American efforts to find a way to end the escalating fighting in the north.
The French official says there was never any proposal for watchtowers in a French effort to facilitate a ceasefire.
“One wonders who spread the reports, and who has an interest in getting in the way of a solution,” says the official.
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