American envoy Amos Hochstein is scheduled to visit Beirut next week, as the conflict between Hezbollah and the Israeli army intensifies, according to reports from multiple regional media outlets.
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American envoy Amos Hochstein is scheduled to visit Beirut next week, as the conflict between Hezbollah and the Israeli army intensifies, according to reports from multiple regional media outlets.
At the same time, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to travel to Israel on Tuesday as part of a broader regional visit, Israeli journalist Barak Ravid confirmed.
In a Friday evening interview with al-Jadeed, a Lebanese news outlet, Hochstein emphasized the importance of encouraging the Lebanese state to deploy its army to Southern Lebanon, in line with UN Resolution 1701, which was adopted in 2006.
He acknowledged, however, that the resolution had not been fully implemented and called for an "amendment" to 1701 to address these shortcomings.
Hochstein also underscored the need for the war in Lebanon to be treated separately from other regional conflicts, a veiled reference to Hezbollah's demand to tie any ceasefire in Lebanon to an end to Israel's military offensive in Gaza.
S&P Global Ratings has kept Israel’s sovereign credit rating at ‘A’ with a stable outlook. Despite months of security and economic upheaval, the agency sees no reason to change its view of the country’s credit risk.
Israel's president on Saturday chose Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's strongest rival, to try to form a new government following a deadlocked election that left neither man with a clear path to power.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have become the de facto gatekeepers of Red Sea shipping, with vessels emailing them to request safe passage, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
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