Israel cease-fire plan for Lebanon seeks to bypass UN, as US mediators travel to Jerusalem for talks

Amid devastating military setbacks for the U.S.-designated terrorist entity Hezbollah, Israel continues to pound the Shiite group’s locations in Lebanon as cease-fire talks come into play.

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On Wednesday, Reuters reported that a person briefed on the talks and a senior diplomat working on Lebanon said the two-month period would be used to finalize full implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701, adopted in 2006 to keep southern Lebanon free of arms outside state control.