Hello and welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service.

We're coming to you live from London. I'm James Mennendez.

And we're going to begin today with those diplomatic efforts to end the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group has Belar.

Efforts led by the United States and France, but with the backing of other European countries, as well as two Gulf Arab states.

The proposal is for a three week ceasefire to allow negotiations to begin,

has set out by President Biden in Washington on Wednesday.

You see we put out a statement for a 21-day ceasefire along the Israeli-Lebanese border.

You're able to generate significant support from Europe as well as the Arab nations

important if war not wider.

However, there's a little sign of support from one of the warring parties, Israel today.

The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before heading off to the UN General Assembly in New York

said he'd ordered the Israeli military to continue with, quote, full full force though added that he hadn't

given his formal response yet to the proposal his foreign minister said there'd be no

ceasefire until victory over Hezbollah and one of their far right cabinet colleagues

Bezalel Smotrich rejected the idea of a truce out of hand. I've been talking to

Boas Bismut, a member of parliament for Mr Netignyah, who's Lecud Party, can he offer any clarity on the status

of the ceasefire proposal?

In this war, I mean, as well as objectives, of course.

Let's start with the South. This is in the South. I have to bring back all the hostages, of course let's start with the South. I have to bring back all the

ostriches of course making sure that Hamas is not running Gaza anymore and of

course I mean bringing back again the quietness and peacefulness to the citizens of the South of

Israel. Now concerning the North as you know perfectly well after the massacre of

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