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What We Know – and What We Don’t – About the Lebanon-Israel Deal

The deal sets a reciprocal withdrawal process and U.S.-backed security support as Lebanon’s army takes over and Hezbollah is disarmed.

  • On Friday, the governments of Israel and Lebanon signed a United States-brokered framework agreement in Washington establishing a phased, reciprocal process for Israeli forces to withdraw as the Lebanese Armed Forces disarm Hezbollah.
  • The agreement outlines 'pilot zones' where the Lebanese Armed Forces will gradually assume security responsibility, with a separate Security Annex detailing verification mechanisms to eliminate future needs for Israeli military presence.
  • U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Friday that the United States will provide $130 million to strengthen the Lebanese Armed Forces, including $100 million in humanitarian aid and $30 million for military reimbursement.
  • Following the signing, Hezbollah supporters protested in Beirut, while the group's leadership denounced the deal as 'humiliating' and 'a surrender of sovereignty,' warning that forced disarmament could spark civil war.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the framework as a 'major achievement,' emphasizing that Israeli forces will maintain security zones until Hezbollah is disarmed, though the deal's success hinges on Lebanese enforcement capacity.
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Zero Hedge broke the news in United States on Friday, June 26, 2026.
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