Talks on ending Lebanon-Israel border fighting to begin in Ramadan

Indirect talks on an end to hostilities along the Lebanese-Israeli border will begin during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan which starts next week,
Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister Najib Mikati said on Tuesday.
Powerful Lebanese armed group Hezbollah and Israel have been exchanging fire for nearly five months in parallel with the Gaza war, prompting diplomatic efforts aimed at staving off an escalation.
In an interview Tuesday night with local Lebanese broadcaster Al Jadeed, Mikati said Lebanon’s parliament speaker Nabih Berri – who is close to Hezbollah – was studying a proposal suggested verbally by U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein, who was in Beirut on Monday.
Mikati said the proposal centered on how to fully implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the month-long war fought in 2006 between Hezbollah and Israel.