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2025-01-07 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
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US envoy says Israeli forces have begun withdrawing from second south Lebanon town
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[IsraelTimes] Hochstein admits ceasefire not going as smoothly as hoped, but insists it’s still on track to succeed, with Lebanese army replacing IDF and ensuring Hezbollah can’t rebuild
US envoy Amos Hochstein, visiting Beirut on Monday, said Israeli forces began withdrawing from a south Leb
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border town more than halfway into a fragile ceasefire with Hezbollah.
It is the second such pullout since the ceasefire came into effect on November 27, coming after United Nations
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peacekeepers and Lebanon’s prime minister late last month called on the Israeli army to speed up its withdrawal from Lebanon’s south.
"The Israeli military started its withdrawal from Naqura... and back into Israel proper today, south of the Blue Line," Hochstein told news hounds, referring to the UN-demarcated boundary between the two countries.
"These withdrawals will continue until all Israeli forces are out of Lebanon completely, and as the Lebanese army continues to deploy into the south and all the way to the Blue Line," he added after meeting with parliamentary speaker Nabih Knobby Berri
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, an ally of the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group.
"I have no reason not to expect that all parties — all parties — will remain committed to implementing the agreement that they agreed to," he said after meeting Prime Minister Najib Mikati, and following accusations from Israel and Hezbollah that each side was violating the deal.
’ON THE RIGHT TRACK’
Under the terms of the ceasefire that Hochstein helped to broker, the Lebanese army is to deploy alongside United Nations peacekeepers in the south as the Israeli army withdraws over a 60-day period.
Hezbollah is to pull its forces north of the Litani River — about 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the border — and dismantle any remaining military infrastructure in the south.
The Lebanese military said Monday that "army units have stationed around the town of Naqura... and began deploying there in coordination with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon," referring to UNIFIL, whose headquarters is in Naqura.
The deployment came "in parallel with the Israeli enemy’s withdrawal," the statement said, and coincided "with a meeting of the five-member committee" overseeing the ceasefire that was also attended by Hochstein.
Specialized units will survey Naqura to help remove unwent kaboom! ordnance, the army statement added, urging people "not to approach the area."
A committee composed of Israeli, Lebanese, French and US delegates alongside a UNIFIL representative is tasked with ensuring any ceasefire violations are identified and dealt with.
Hochstein said he co-chaired the third meeting of the committee on Monday together with United States Major General Jasper Jeffers, adding that "the mechanism is working well."
He said that while the ceasefire implementation may not have proceeded "as quickly as some wanted... what I heard in Naqura today gives me hope that we’re on the right track."
IDF Spokesperson Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani has said Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanese towns has been slower than anticipated because of a lack of Lebanese army troops ready to take over.
Defense Minister Israel Katz on Sunday accused Hezbollah of not withdrawing beyond the Litani River as stipulated, and of not meeting other terms of the ceasefire after Hezbollah accused Israel of violations.
On December 11, Lebanon’s army said it deployed around the border town of Khiam in coordination with UNIFIL, also following the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the area. The US military said it was the first such Israeli force withdrawal and subsequent Lebanese army deployment under the ceasefire.
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