NEW YORK (AP) — France’s foreign minister said Wednesday that his country and the United States are working on a proposal for a 21-day cease-fire proposal “to allow for negotiations” in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Jean-Noël Barrot told the U.N.
Security Council that the proposal would be released shortly. “We are counting on both parties to accept it without delay,” he said. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE.
AP’s earlier story follows below. NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that fighting between Israel and Hezbollah threatens to become an “all-out war” as his top diplomat and other advisers worked behind the scenes pressing for a temporary cease-fire to calm an escalating conflict that has killed more than 600 people in Lebanon in recent days. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.
S. administration was "intensely engaged with a number of partners to de-escalate tensions in Lebanon and to work to get a cease-fire agreement that would have so many benefits for all concerned.” Blinken and other Biden advisers have spent the past three days at and on the sidelines of the annual U.
N. General Assembly meeting of world leaders in New York lobbying other countries to support the plan, according to U.S.
officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomatic conversations. Americans hope such a cease-fire could lead to longer-term stability along the border between Israel and Lebanon. Even .
