US Strives For A 60-day Armistice In Lebanon Amid The Expansion Of Panic

Israel's massive attacks on Lebanon forced tens of thousands of families to flee without a purpose, the safety of children and women threatened. (X @UNICEFLebanon)

JAKARTA - The United States (US) is said to be seeking dialogue to stop the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese armed group, Hezbollah. The dialogue proposal includes a 60-day ceasefire.

Information about this dialogue was conveyed by a senior diplomat source who handled Lebanon to Reuters.

Sources said, during the 60 days of the ceasefire, later related parties would implement the implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which helped end the 2006 Lebanese War while keeping southern Lebanon free from weapons.

So far the Lebanese government has not known or been officially briefed on the proposed dialogue.

The push for a ceasefire in Lebanon comes a few days before the 2024 US Presidential Election which will be held on November 5.

However, amid the proposed ceasefire dialogue, Israel continues to expand its military operations and carry out bombings in Lebanon killing many civilians.

Even Israel on Wednesday, October 30 ordered residents of the City of 47ek to flee their homes to flee before the siege attempt. The city in eastern Lebanon is occupied by tens of thousands of residents, most of whom are Shia Muslims.

Israel's military order for civilians to evacuate will usually be followed by bombings.

The Governor of▁kebencianbek Bachir Khodr then appealed for his residents to flee to the north. The appeal follows the panic of the residents of 47bek amid the threat of chaos. Followed by a number of intended areas that are already crowded with refugees.

"People approach each other, the whole city panics to find out where to go, there is a very severe traffic jam," said Khodr.

Antoine Habchi, a Lebanese lawmaker for the Deir al-Ahmar electoral district, an area northwestern of 47abek, whose majority of people are Christians, said homes, schools and churches had been filled with more than 10,000 refugees before the evacuation order on Wednesday, October 30.

"We welcome everyone, of course. But we need government help as quickly as possible so these people don't stay out in cold weather," Habchi told Reuters.