The emissary of Amos Hockstein will go on Tuesday 19 November to his capital, The purpose of his visit is the talks aimed at reaching a truce between and , as a Lebanese political source told Reuters.
Lebanese media outlet Voice of Lebanon reported the news of the visit, citing Lebanese MP Kassem Hashem.
The US has submitted a new cease-fire proposal to the Lebanese government in hopes of ending hostilities that have raged for more than a year.
Hezbollah confirmed the death of its press office chief
It confirmed the death of the head of the movement’s press office, Mohammad Afif, who was killed on Sunday in an Israeli strike in a densely populated area of Beirut.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health, for its part, emphasized that four people were killed in the strike in the Ras al-Nambaa district in the heart of Beirut, where Afif was killed.
“The strike by the Israeli enemy in Ras al-Naba left four dead, including a woman, and 14 wounded, including two children,” the ministry said in a more recent report.
Second strike with one dead and 9 injured
At least one person was killed and nine others were injured, two of them seriously, in an attack by the “Israeli enemy” on Sunday night in the central and commercial area of Mar Elias in Beirut, Lebanon’s health ministry said.
«The raid by the Israeli enemy on Mar Elias Street in Beirut resulted in one dead and nine injured, two of them critically“, emphasized the ministry.
The National News Agency (ANI) reported that the Israeli strike was aimed at the Lebanese Islamist organization Jama’a Islamiya, an Islamist organization allied with Hezbollah and the Palestinian Hamas that participates in the armed struggle against Israel.
«The attack in Beirut targeted a center of Jama’ah Islamiyya in the Mar Elias area,” ANI reported.
However, a member of parliament from the Islamist group, Imad Hut, played down the report. “No center or body associated with the organization is located in the area that was bombed and no members of the group were targeted.”Huth told AFP. A Lebanese security source said the attack targeted an electronics store.
This was the second Israeli strike in the heart of Beirut today. The first targeted a building in a densely populated area of Beirut and killed Hezbollah press office chief Mohammad Afif.
Casualty announcements between Israel and Hezbollah
The Israeli military said on Sunday it had struck more than 200 targets in Lebanon since Saturday morning, where it has been shelling specific Hezbollah strongholds.
In the past 36 hours, the army has hit Tyre, a city in southwestern Lebanon, southern districts of Beirut, as well as the center of the Lebanese capital.
According to Lebanon’s health ministry, so far Israeli attacks have killed 29 people and wounded 122 on Saturday, bringing the total since last October to 3,481 dead and 14,786 injured.
