Residents plant the portrait of assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and the party's flag on the rubble of a house destroyed in the border village of Odaisseh, southern Lebanon, following the withdrawal of the Israeli army on Feb. 18, 2025. (Credit: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
Israel has not fully pulled out from southern Lebanon, insisting on maintaining five military positions in the region for an indefinite period. Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz tied this measure to the actions the Lebanese Cabinet would take regarding compliance with the terms of the cease-fire agreement. Beirut, for its part, rejected the continued Israeli presence and said that it is in contact with Washington and Paris to secure a full withdrawal. The Lebanese state also plans to turn to the U.N. Security Council to exert maximum diplomatic pressure. Lebanon argued that the continued presence of Israeli forces would weaken the new mandate and undermine efforts to establish a monopoly on arms under state authority, as stipulated in the ministerial statement of Nawaf Salam’s Cabinet. Read more What we know about the five...
Israel has not fully pulled out from southern Lebanon, insisting on maintaining five military positions in the region for an indefinite period. Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz tied this measure to the actions the Lebanese Cabinet would take regarding compliance with the terms of the cease-fire agreement. Beirut, for its part, rejected the continued Israeli presence and said that it is in contact with Washington and Paris to secure a full withdrawal. The Lebanese state also plans to turn to the U.N. Security Council to exert maximum diplomatic pressure. Lebanon argued that the continued presence of Israeli forces would weaken the new mandate and undermine efforts to establish a monopoly on arms under state authority, as stipulated in the ministerial statement of Nawaf Salam’s Cabinet. Read more What we know about the five...
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