A complex set of negotiations to end Israel's overlapping wars

A potential ceasefire in Lebanon is entangled in a broader, high-stakes diplomatic effort to de-escalate conflicts from Gaza to the Persian Gulf. | Contesto: cronaca

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• A complex set of negotiations to end Israel's overlapping wars

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Diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon have become a critical, yet deeply entangled, component of a wider regional negotiation aimed at halting overlapping conflicts across the Middle East. The talks, involving multiple state and non-state actors, seek to address hostilities from the Gaza Strip to the Red Sea, with their success or failure likely to define the region's security landscape for the foreseeable future. The immediate goal is to halt daily cross-border exchanges of fire that have displaced tens of thousands of people on both sides of the Israel-Lebanon frontier since October. However, officials close to the discussions emphasize that a standalone agreement is currently impossible. Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese militia, has consistently stated its campaign will continue until the war in Gaza concludes. This linkage has forced mediators to treat the Lebanon front not as an isolated skirmish, but as one theater in a sprawling, interconnected confrontation. At the heart of this complex web is the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage-prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas are seen as the primary key that could unlock de-escalation elsewhere. A successful deal in Gaza would remove Hezbollah's stated raison d'être for its attacks, potentially creating the political space for a formal truce in Lebanon. Simultaneously, parallel, and often opaque, discussions are underway to address threats to international shipping from Houthi forces in Yemen, another Iranian-aligned group that has framed its Red Sea attacks as acts of solidarity with Gaza. The negotiations implicitly involve Iran, the principal patron of Hezbollah, the Houthis, and other regional militias. While not directly at the table in all talks, Tehran's influence is a constant factor, with its willingness to restrain its proxies being a prerequisite for any lasting calm. The overarching diplomatic challenge, therefore, is to construct a sequence of understandings—or a single, grand bargain—that satisfies the core security demands of Israel and its allies while offering Iran and its network sufficient political...

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