Diplomacy aimed at securing a cease-fire in Lebanon showed tentative signs of progress on Thursday as Israel pounded its northern neighbor including heavy airstrikes on the stronghold of militant grou
p Hezbollah near Beirut. Pressing its offensive against the Iran-backed group, Israel hit Beirut’s Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs, carrying out intense attacks there for a third consecutive day. Plumes of smoke rose over the suburbs known as Dahiyeh, where Israeli strikes destroyed five buildings, sources familiar with the damage said. “We say God help us,” said Ayat, a 33-year-old Lebanese woman.
In another potentially promising sign, a senior Lebanese official signalled that Hezbollah would pull its forces away from the Lebanese-Israeli border under a ceasefire. The official, Ali Hassan Khalil, told Al Jazeera late on Wednesday that Lebanese negotiators had reached agreement on “a certain text” with White House envoy Amos Hochstein during his last visit to Beirut in late October.
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