Deputy Prime Minister, Tarek Mitri, denied Wednesday claims that the United States, Israel and Lebanon came to a "tacit agreement" that allows the Israeli army to continue occupying at least five positions in southern Lebanon.

In an interview on the channel Al-Arabiya, Mitri refuted these reports by Axios journalist Barak Ravid and stated that "the Americans have not communicated" with Beirut.

"Lebanon has received no assurances or guarantees from Washington regarding the complete withdrawal of the Israelis from the five points where they are still deployed," according to Mitri.

Axios claimed its information came from American and Israeli officials, who said this "tacit agreement" had been reached to allow the Israeli army to continue occupying five strategic positions in southern Lebanon "for several weeks or months," until the Lebanese Army "stabilizes the situation."

However, two Lebanese sources close to the presidency dismissed these claims, according to The New Arab. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam both demanded the complete withdrawal of the Israeli army.

The Israeli army remains positioned at least five 'strategic' points in Lebanese territory, despite its official withdrawal from southern Lebanon on Feb. 18, at the expiration of the cease-fire agreement's terms. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz stated on Feb. 27 that his country had received a "green light" from the United States to stay in certain "buffer zones" in Lebanon and Syria "without a time limit based on the situation." Additionally, the Israeli army continues to regularly strike targets in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley.