The US has drawn up a draft plan to end the war between Israel and Hizbollah, calling for an initial 60-day ceasefire and the withdrawal of the Lebanese militant group and Israeli troops from southern Lebanon.
But the proposal would also give Israeli forces the right to target Hizbollah “in self-defence against imminent threats to Israel,” and allow its war planes to continue flying over Lebanon for “intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance,” according to a draft leaked to Kann, Israel’s state broadcaster on Wednesday evening.
The leak came hours before US envoys Amos Hochstein and Brett McGurk were due to arrive in Israel to discuss Washington’s efforts to end the more than year-long conflict. They were expected to present an updated version of the document to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to people familiar with the matter.