IDF would withdraw entirely from southern Lebanon and Hezbollah pull back its heavy weapons under agreement
Israel’s security cabinet is due to meet on Tuesday to decide on a ceasefire agreement with Lebanon after more than a year of fighting between Israeli forces and the Shia militia, Hezbollah would pull its heavy weapons north of the Litani River, about 16 miles north of the Israeli border, and the Lebanese army would move in to provide security in the border zone alongside an existing UN peacekeeping force, during an initial 60-day transition phase.
Hezbollah has not been a direct party to the talks, in which the Lebanese government has given assurances that the militia would abide by the terms of the deal. Israel carried out intensive airstrikes on Monday. The IDF said it had struck 25 command centres in Lebanon associated with Hezbollah’s executive council, the militia’s ruling body, including four targets in Dahiyeh, the largely Shia district of southern Beirut. Before the strikes the IDF sent out warnings on social media telling people to evacuate designated buildings in Dahiyeh, and the southern cities of Nabatieh and Tyre.
Israel’s ambassador to Washington, Mike Herzog, told Israeli army radio that a ceasefire could be reached within days.Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, said on Monday that ceasefire talks were moving forward, but insisted that Israel would retain its capacity to strike southern Lebanon in any agreement. He confirmed that the issue would be discussed by Israel’s security cabinet in the next two days.
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