Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Tayr Debba, in the Sour district, on Nov. 6, 2025. (Credit: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
The meetings follow one after another and all seem alike... On Wednesday, the cease-fire monitoring committee, known as the "mechanism," held its 13 th meeting in Ras al-Naqoura.The body — bringing together Lebanese, American, French, and Israeli military officials along with UNIFIL — last met a month ago, with U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus attending.Military sources told L’Orient-Le Jour that it was an "ordinary" meeting, during which persistent Israeli violations and attempted incursions into Lebanese territory were discussed.The Lebanese Army also reproached the Israeli state for not respecting the work of the "mechanism," by failing to inform it in advance of sites considered suspicious and likely to contain weapons caches, as stipulated by the current process. Israel has so far refused to comply, carrying...
The meetings follow one after another and all seem alike... On Wednesday, the cease-fire monitoring committee, known as the "mechanism," held its 13 th meeting in Ras al-Naqoura.The body — bringing together Lebanese, American, French, and Israeli military officials along with UNIFIL — last met a month ago, with U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus attending.Military sources told L’Orient-Le Jour that it was an "ordinary" meeting, during which persistent Israeli violations and attempted incursions into Lebanese territory were discussed.The Lebanese Army also reproached the Israeli state for not respecting the work of the "mechanism," by failing to inform it in advance of sites considered suspicious and likely to contain weapons caches, as stipulated by the current process. Israel has so far refused to comply,...
