Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab on Friday said that Israel is “obliged to resort to a diplomatic solution” with Lebanon and that “the atmosphere is suitable for that.”
“We expect the U.S. mediator to visit the region next week,” Bou Saab told Sky News Arabia.
“Reaching a ceasefire is possible within a few weeks,” he added.
He also noted that “Israel's goal is not to eradicate Hezbollah, but rather to create a weapons-free zone in the south” and that “a large-scale ground invasion of Lebanon was not not the objective of the Israeli operation.”