Lebanon, Israel hold US-brokered talks in Rome to implement framework deal
The talks aim to launch a phased Israeli pullout and Hezbollah disarmament under a June 26 framework, with implementation set to begin in two pilot zones.
- On Tuesday, Lebanon and Israel held new negotiations in Rome under Washington's auspices amid regional escalation between Washington and Tehran.
- The framework agreement reached on June 26 aims to end the war between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, with implementation beginning via Israeli withdrawal from two "pilot zones" in southern Lebanon.
- Demanding immediate Israeli withdrawal, Lebanese officials faced resistance from analyst Orna Mizrahi of the INSS in Tel Aviv, who said Israel insists on gradual withdrawal without Hezbollah presence.
- Hezbollah rejects the agreement, which calls for the group's disarmament, as the conflict has killed more than 4,300 people since early March.
- Karim Bitar, a lecturer at Sciences Po Paris, told AFP the risk of major fighting "is, of course, not negligible," though Tehran likely wants to preserve Hezbollah as a long-term deterrent.
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An American military delegation will oversee the implementation of the Israeli withdrawal from the "pilot zones" in Lebanon occupied by Israeli forces.
Both countries concluded a framework agreement towards "sustainable peace" at the end of June, following several rounds of negotiations in Washington.
With the United States as a mediator, Israel and Lebanon resumed negotiations to implement a ceasefire agreement that includes the gradual withdrawal of Israeli troops, although Hezbollah maintains its opposition to the process.
In the negotiations in Rome, the Lebanese delegation insists on this point before any further discussion.
Israel signals readiness to withdraw from Lebanon pilot zone after day of talks
The State Department described the first day of U.S.-mediated negotiations as productive and said both sides were eager to move forward, while Israel's foreign minister expressed commitment to withdrawing from two pilot zones in southern Lebanon
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