Lebanon’s prime minister visits shattered border village as deal with Israel begins
Salam pledged rebuilding and urged displaced residents to wait as Lebanese troops took over a pilot zone under a U.S.-backed withdrawal deal.
- On Wednesday, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam visited Zawtar Al Gharbieh, one of three US-designated pilot zones, declaring the start of Israeli withdrawal and planting a Lebanese flag amid rubble.
- A June 26 US-brokered agreement to disarm Hezbollah established pilot zones intended to "serve as the mechanism for the phased and verified redeployment of Israeli forces and the deployment of the Lebanese Armed Forces."
- Despite the ceasefire, The LAF reported coming under fire from Israeli soldiers on Tuesday, with at least 30 Lebanese troops killed since March 2 as attacks persist.
- With more than 4,000 killed and 1.2 million displaced, Salam pledged state resources, calling "the return of life" a "national objective to which the state was committed."
- Lebanese President Joseph Aoun met President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday, thanking him for the "historic achievement" of the June 26 agreement while Trump cited "concrete plans" to help the military.
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The Lebanese Forces visited Marjeyoun and Hasbaya, supporting the authority of the State in the South after the Lebanon-Israel agreement of 26 June and the deployment of the army.
This is what his Prime Minister, Nawaf Salam, said on Wednesday from a southern location where the Lebanese army deployed the day before.
Lebanon's prime minister visits shattered border village as phased Israeli withdrawal begins
Lebanon's prime minister visited Wednesday a battered southern village as the implementation of a Washington-brokered Lebanese-Israeli agreement began, following months of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah .
Lebanon begins Israel agreement with pilot zones
Beirut: Lebanon’s prime minister visited Wednesday a battered southern village as the implementation of a Washington-brokered Lebanese-Israeli agreement began, following months of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah. The latest conflict started March 2, when the Lebanese militant group fired rockets toward Israel after the US-Israeli February attacks that set off the Iran war. In response, Israel launched an aerial campaign and grou…
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