Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a Hezbollah ally, will guarantee the Iran-backed group’s adherence to a “global ceasefire” with Israel, his adviser says.
Berri, who heads the Hezbollah-allied Amal party, has long acted as an intermediary between the group and the United States.
US President Donald Trump said late Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to call off strikes on Beirut while Hezbollah agreed “all shooting will stop.”
Adviser Ali Hamdan tells AFP that “speaker Berri’s main demand is a global ceasefire. If a global ceasefire deal is reached, he will guarantee Hezbollah’s respect for it.”
Hamdan says a “global ceasefire means a halt to Israeli strikes by air, land or sea, and that it will not carry out detonations or demolitions” in the south, where Israel is accused of razing entire villages.
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