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IDF says it killed armed Hezbollah operative after manhunt in southern Lebanon
2026-07-05
[IsraelTimes] Lebanon’s president rejects criticism by Amnesty and other NGOs of deal with Israel, says Beirut seeking to ‘turn the page on wars,’ urges US to ‘keep standing’ by his country

Hezbollah dragged Leb
...The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. Only one of those statements is an exaggeration....
into the war with Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
in March by attacking Israel in support of Tehran, resulting in the destruction of large parts of southern Lebanon and the disruption of the lives of those living in northern Israel. US-sponsored efforts to halt fighting between the two sides have reduced hostilities, but have yet to achieve peace or bring the war to a definite end.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun insisted on Friday that the framework agreement reached in Washington with Israel last week "does not legitimize the continuation of the Israeli occupation in Lebanon," and countered criticism of the deal voiced by Amnesty International and five other NGOs.

The deal reached in Washington calls for the disarmament of the Iran-backed terror group, a gradual Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, and the deployment of the Lebanese army there, starting with two "pilot" areas. Hezbollah has rejected the deal, which does not set a timetable for an Israeli withdrawal.

Aoun said the absence of a timetable was due to the deal being a "framework formula" rather than a final agreement.

"Our shared objective is one: to secure Israel’s withdrawal," he said, according to a statement from the presidency.

Aoun responded, in particular, to criticism of Article 13 of the framework, saying the text affirms the suspension of legal proceedings between the two states during the negotiation period, but "does not preclude" any private entity from taking legal action.

The framework agreement "threatens to betray war crimes victims in Lebanon," Amnesty International claimed earlier.

The international human rights
...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions...
group, together with five other NGOs, took issue with the agreement’s clause committing Israel and Lebanon to cease "all hostile or adverse actions in international political or legal fora."

Amnesty noted that this could preclude actions in the International Court of Justice or the International Criminal Court. The NGO also noted: "The agreement does not appear to commit Israel to halt any initiatives in international forums against Hezbollah."

The rights groups also took issue with a clause conditioning the return of southern Lebanon residents to their locales on Hezbollah’s prior disarmament. "Under international humanitarian law, people must be allowed to return once hostilities have ended or the reasons for their displacement cease to exist," they argued.

On Saturday, Aoun also urged the United States to stand by his country after the deal.

In a congratulatory message to US President Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
marking the United States’ 250th anniversary of independence, Aoun urged Washington to "keep always standing beside Lebanon’s right and just causes, its institutions, army and people."

Aoun expressed hope that Lebanon could "turn the page on wars... and open a new page of hope, peace and stability."

In a message also marking the independence anniversary, the US embassy in Lebanon said on X that "it is with great pride that we stand with the people of Lebanon as they forge a brighter future — one of peace, prosperity, and promise long overdue."
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