US-facilitated Israel-Lebanon talks have begun, says State Department
The talks aim to set up pilot zones for a phased Israeli pullback and Lebanese army deployment, with Hezbollah disarmament still the main obstacle.
- On Tuesday, Israel and Lebanon opened a seventh round of US-mediated talks in Rome, with Beirut seeking phased Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
- Negotiators are building on the June 26 framework agreement, which outlined a sequenced process for Israeli withdrawal and Lebanese military deployment into designated pilot zones.
- Joining the Lebanese delegation led by former ambassador Simon Karam, the US delegation of 15 officials from the State Department, National Security Council, and Pentagon met to finalize pilot zone guidelines.
- Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem denounced the talks on Tuesday, calling them a source of "shame, humiliation, and successive compromises," while Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam pursues "efforts towards successive Israeli withdrawals."
- Amid ongoing Israeli strikes, progress faces obstacles from Hezbollah's refusal to disarm, though US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa urged caution, warning that moving "too quickly risks jeopardising the very civilians this process is meant to protect.
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While talks are taking place in Rome, the United Nations estimates that the majority of people displaced by the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah have returned to their homes More than 800,000 people
Hezbollah chief, Lebanese PM trade barbs over talks with Israel
• Qassem says talks will bring Lebanon ‘nothing but shame, humiliation’• Salam accuses group of ‘helping Israel’• Talks between both sides continue in Rome BEIRUT: Hezbollah’s chief said on Tuesday that direct talks between Lebanon and Israel would bring only “humiliation” for Lebanon and accused authorities of helping Israel, prompting Lebanon’s prime minister to hit back. The statement came as Lebanon and Israel were preparing to hold a fresh …
In Rome, Israeli and Lebanese government representatives met for direct political talks.
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