Envoy Hochstein Says US Working With Lebanon and Israel to End Conflict for Good

Published on October 22, 2024

BEIRUT—U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein said on Monday in Beirut that the United States was working on a formula to end the conflict between Israel and Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah for good, and that merely committing to a previous U.N. resolution would not be enough. U.N. resolution 1701, which ended the last round of conflict between Israel and the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah in 2006, calls for southern Lebanon to be free of any troops or weapons other than those of the Lebanese state. The Iranian-backed Shi’ite movement did not end its presence, however. Continued cross-border tensions culminated in Hezbollah missile attacks on northern Israel in support of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas after it staged a bloody killing spree in Israel from Gaza just over a year ago. Israel began a large-scale onslaught on Hezbollah last month....

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