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Lebanese and Israeli officials when they drafted the text.
Israeli media and one senior government official have said the Jewish state viewed the draft resolution favourably, partly because it would allow Israeli soldiers to remain in southern Lebanon until an international force arrived to take over.
UN vote
Diplomats said the Security Council was unlikely to vote on the draft resolution until Wednesday. The draft calls for a ”full cessation of hostilities” and says Hezbollah must stop all attacks while Israel must halt “offensive military operations”.
Lebanon’s government said it would send 15,000 Lebanese troops to the south, a move long demanded by the international community. But it demanded an immediate Israeli withdrawal before it would embark on such a deployment.
Israel has said it would not pull out its troops in the
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