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UNIFIL patrol fires tear gas after clash with Aytit residents

2025-07-11

[NAHARNET] A patrol from the United Nations
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Interim Force in Leb
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....
(UNIFIL) on Thursday attempted to enter the southern town of Aytit, but was met with resistance from a group of local youths, the state-run National News Agency reported.

According to NNA, the patrol fired tear gas in the direction of the protesters before retreating from the area.

UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti said ''this morning, several individuals in civilian clothes blocked UNIFIL peacekeepers on a planned patrol near Wadi Jilu'' and that ''the activity had been previously coordinated with the Lebanese Armed Forces, in support of Lebanon's implementation of Resolution 1701.''

''While the situation was initially calm, the individuals soon began throwing stones at the peacekeepers, who were forced to disperse the crowd with smoke to protect themselves from harm,'' Tenenti added, noting that ''the LAF arrived at the scene and the situation was brought under control.''

''As the Lebanese government and army have made clear, peacekeepers can move independently in south Lebanon in performance of their duties to restore security and stability under Resolution 1701. They do not need to be accompanied by Lebanese soldiers,'' Tenenti said.

Warning that ''any attack on peacekeepers is a serious violation of international law and Resolution 1701,'' the front man said UNIFIL has requested that the Lebanese authorities bring the perpetrators to justice.

''We will continue impartially monitoring and reporting on violations of 1701, as mandated by the Security Council and requested by the Lebanese government,'' Tenenti vowed.

Hezbollah supporters in Lebanon frequently accuse the U.N. mission — which was created to oversee the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon after Israel's 1978 invasion -- of collusion with Israel. Israel meanwhile accuses the peacekeepers of turning a blind eye to Hezbollah's military activities in southern Lebanon.

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Hezbollah to reply within 48 hours to Lebanese paper after Aoun-Berri talks

2025-07-05

[NAHARNET] President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Knobby Berri

...perennial Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians...
and PM Nawaf Salam are yet to receive Hezbollah's response to the Lebanese amendments to U.S. envoy Tom Barrack's paper, which were prepared by a tripartite committee after intensive meetings at the Baabda Palace, al-Jadeed TV said.

Hezbollah is expected to deliver the response on Friday or Saturday to Berri, al-Jadeed added, noting that the joint presidential committee would meet again after receiving the official response in order to finalize Leb
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's formal response.

Informed sources meanwhile told the TV network that Hezbollah is demanding ''real guarantees that Israel would abide by the new paper.''

''It has concerns over Barrack's paper and considers it a capitulation paper based on the previous experiences with Israel, which did not commit to agreements, Resolution 1701 or the ceasefire arrangements,'' the sources added, noting that ''the atmosphere is uneasy and marred by cautious anticipation pending Hezbollah's response.''

Al-Jadeed also revealed that Berri had met with Aoun over a dinner banquet on Wednesday evening and that the discussions tackled Barrack's paper, Hezbollah's response and the file of appointments.

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US gave Lebanon until today to respond to demand Hezbollah relinquish weapons, sources say

2025-07-02

[IsraelTimes] Lebanese officials are drafting a response to US demands for Hezbollah to relinquish its weapons across the country by November in exchange for a halt to IDF operations there, say two sources briefed on the matter.

The deadline has turned up the heat on the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group, which was struck hard by Israel during last year’s war, is suffering a financial crunch, and faces pressure in Lebanon to disarm.

Washington’s demands were conveyed by Thomas Barrack, US special envoy to Syria and ambassador to Turkey, during a trip to Beirut on June 19.

The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, tell Reuters Barrack had shared a written roadmap with Lebanese officials and told them he expected to hear back by July 1 (today) on any proposed amendments.

The six-page document centers on the disarmament of Hezbollah and other terror groups, and urges Lebanon to improve ties with neighboring Syria and implement financial reforms, they say.

They say Barrack had urged Lebanese officials to seize the opportunity laid out in the roadmap as it “may not come up again.” He is set to return to Lebanon next week.

Barrack had not yet gotten Israeli approval for the roadmap, the sources say. There was no immediate response from the US State Department, Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office, or Israel’s Foreign Ministry to Reuters requests for comment.

How will Lebanon respond to US paper?

[Naharnet] President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and PM Nawaf Salam have made “significant progress” in their deliberations ahead of U.S. envoy Tom Barrack’s second visit to Beirut, which is expected before July 10, Lebanese sources said.

Representatives of Aoun, Berri and Salam held a lengthy meeting Monday in Baabda and “unanimously agreed” on a draft paper in response to Barrack’s demands, the sources told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper, noting that the draft won the approval of Aoun, Berri and Salam and was also discussed between the Speaker and Hezbollah’s leadership.

The sources added that Lebanon will ask the U.S. to seriously press Israel in order to reach a real ceasefire, allow Lebanon to pacify the situation and “dispel Hezbollah’s concerns,” ahead of engaging in Barrack-sponsored negotiations that would “certainly lead to unanimity over arms monopolization, seeing as it is unacceptable for the talks to be conducted under Israel’s military pressure.”

“Hezbollah is still opening a window for obtaining guarantees, which is being comprehended by the three presidents, seeing us it needs to justify to its supporters the shift toward the monopolization of arms,” the sources added.

Hezbollah “needs to reassure its environment that giving up its weapons will be the reason behind Israel’s withdrawal and the release of its captives,” the sources went on to say.

Al-Akhbar newspaper meanwhile reported that Aoun, Berri and Salam have agreed that “there is no need to hold a special Cabinet session to discuss the U.S. paper, seeing as PM Najib Mikati’s government had agreed to the ceasefire agreement and its stipulations, and because Lebanon should not present additional commitments before knowing the next steps that will be taken by Israel.”

“The unified Lebanese stance is that Lebanon will inform the U.S. administration that Israel has to withdraw, release the captives and halt its daily attacks in return for a Lebanese commitment to tangible measures to control illegal weapons in the areas south and north of the Litani River,” al-Akhbar added.

But other sources told the daily that the U.S. and Israel “will come up with a lot of excuses to reject the settlement sought by Lebanon.”

Local and foreign parties are meanwhile trying to “intimidate” Lebanon by saying that “Israel is preparing to escalate its attacks with harsh airstrikes that could resemble the ferocity of the strikes that assassinated Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in addition to possible additional land operations,” al-Akhbar said.

Sources close to a top Lebanese leader have, however, expressed optimism that a solution for the issue of Hezbollah’s arms has been put on track, seeing as Iran might have told Hezbollah and Berri to “commit to the requirements of Resolution 1701 with its accurate stipulations,” the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported.

Hezbollah is meanwhile “inquiring about reconstruction” and Israel’s “withdrawal” ahead of agreeing to a timetable for weapons handover, informed sources told the daily, with presidential sources seeing “unprecedented progress in Hezbollah’s stance that made it agree that its arms be discussed in Cabinet soon despite all its declared stances that are rejecting that.”

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Reports: US, Israel mulling end to UNIFIL's presence

2025-06-10

[NAHARNET] U.S. officials are considering pulling American support from UNIFIL, the United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, in a bid to cut costs associated with its operations, the Israel Hayom newspaper reported Sunday evening, with US sources later confirming to The Times of Israel that the option was on the table.

Should the U.S. move ahead with its decision to pull support from the U.N. body, Israel will back the decision, Israel Hayom reported, both out of a desire to align itself with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump and in light of the Israeli security establishment's ''cooperation with the Lebanese army since the ceasefire in November,'' the Times of Israel said.

According to Israel Hayom, the presence of the Lebanese Armed Forces in southern Lebanon has proven relatively effective in ''beating back the threat of Hezbollah'' and keeping the group from rearming itself, making ''redundant'' much of UNIFIL's operations in the region.

Sources familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel that the U.S. has not yet made up its mind regarding its future support for UNIFIL, but that it wants to see major reforms, which could mean pulling support.

As UNIFIL's mandate is granted through a U.N. Security Council resolution each year, the U.S. could simply veto the next resolution, due to be put forward in August.

UNIFIL has been operating in southern Lebanon since 1978, when it was created to oversee the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the area following the end of Israel's first invasion of south Lebanon.

The U.N. peacekeeping force expanded its mission following the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, allowing peacekeepers to deploy along the Israeli border to help the Lebanese military extend its authority into the country's south for the first time in decades.

Aimed at ending the 2006 war, Resolution 1701 also called for a full cessation of Israeli-Hezbollah hostilities and the disarmament of Hezbollah. UNIFIL's mandate has been renewed annually ever since, although critics have questioned the efficacy of the force.

Following the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, which put an end to more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah, including two months of all-out war, the Lebanese Army moved into southern Lebanon to enforce the terms of the ceasefire, which itself is based on Resolution 1701.

The resolution requires Hezbollah to withdraw its fighters north of the Litani River — about 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the border — and dismantle all military infrastructure in southern Lebanon.

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam told the Wall Street Journal last month that his government had achieved 80 percent of its objectives regarding the disarmament of Hezbollah and other militias in the country's south.

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US said to mull dissolving UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon

2025-06-09

[IsraelTimes] Israel reportedly backs ending UNIFIL’s operations, considers its presence redundant as Lebanese army beats back Hezbollah; UN set to renew peacekeeping force’s mandate in August

US officials are considering pulling American support from UNIFIL, the United Nations
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peacekeeping force in southern Leb
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, in a bid to cut costs associated with its operations, Israel Hayom reported Sunday evening, with US sources later confirming to The Times of Israel that the option was on the table.

Should the US move ahead with its decision to pull support from the UN body, Israel will back the decision, Israel Hayom reported, both out of a desire to align itself with the administration of US President Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons...
and in light of the security establishment’s cooperation with the Lebanese army since the ceasefire in November.

According to the outlet, the presence of the Lebanese Armed Forces in southern Lebanon has proven relatively effective in beating back the threat of Hezbollah and keeping the terror group from rearming itself, making redundant much of UNIFIL’s operations in the region.

Sources familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel that the US has not yet made up its mind regarding its future support for UNIFIL, but that it wants to see major reforms, which could mean pulling support.

As UNIFIL’s mandate is granted through a UN Security Council resolution each year, the US could simply veto the next resolution, due to be put forward in August.

UNIFIL has been operating in southern Lebanon since 1978, when it was created to oversee the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the area following the end of a conflict between the two nations.

The UN peacekeeping force expanded its mission following the 2006 Second Lebanon War between Israel and Hezbollah, allowing peacekeepers to deploy along the Israeli border to help the Lebanese military extend its authority into the country’s south for the first time in decades.

Aimed at ending the 2006 war, Resolution 1701 also called for a full cessation of Israeli-Hezbollah hostilities and the disarmament of Hezbollah. UNIFIL’s mandate has been renewed annually ever since, although critics have questioned the efficacy of the force.

Following the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, which put an end to more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah, including two months of all-out war, the Lebanese army moved into southern Lebanon to enforce the terms of the ceasefire, which itself is based on Resolution 1701.

The resolution requires Hezbollah to withdraw its fighters north of the Litani River — about 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the border — and dismantle all military infrastructure in southern Lebanon.

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam told the Wall Street Journal last month that his government had achieved 80 percent of its objectives regarding the disarmament of Hezbollah and other militias in the country’s south.

At the same time, the IDF has continued to launch targeted strikes on Hezbollah operatives and infrastructure, alleging violations of the truce agreement. According to the IDF, over 180 Hezbollah operatives have been killed in that time.

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IDF says it killed 2 Hezbollah operatives Sunday in southern Lebanon drone strikes

2025-06-02

[IsraelTimes] Separate attacks eliminate members of the Iran-backed Lebanese terror group’s anti-tank missile and rocket units, according to military

Israeli dronezaps killed two Hezbollah operatives in southern Leb
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on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces said, marking the latest in a string of deadly exchanges that continue to strain a fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed terrorist group.

The IDF said the first strike, carried out in the village of Arnoun in Lebanon’s Nabatieh region, targeted a member of Hezbollah’s anti-tank unit. Lebanon’s health ministry confirmed one fatality in the attack, which it described as an "Israeli enemy strike" on a cycle of violence. Arnoun lies just five kilometers (three miles) from the Israeli border.

It said another person was killed in an Israeli raid that "targeted a vehicle on the Debl road" in the Bint Jbeil district. The IDF later confirmed the attack, saying a dronezap in Ayta ash-Shab killed a member of Hezbollah’s rocket unit.

Another strike on a car in nearby Beit Lif maimed one person, the Lebanese health ministry said.

The IDF did not immediately comment on the Beit Lif attack.

Since the initiation of a ceasefire agreement in November 2024, which expired in mid-February, Israel has continued to launch targeted strikes on Hezbollah operatives and infrastructure, claiming violations of the truce by the terrorist organization. According to the IDF, over 180 Hezbollah operatives have been killed in Israeli strikes since the deal was reached.

The November truce followed over a year of cross-border violence that began when Hezbollah started attacking Israel a day after its Paleostinian ally Hamas
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’s October 7, 2023, terror onslaught. The fighting between Israel and Hezbollah included two months of open warfare, and the ceasefire was based on the framework of United Nations
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Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Second Lebanon War.

The resolution required Hezbollah to withdraw its fighters north of the Litani River — about 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the border — and dismantle all military infrastructure in southern Lebanon. Israel, in turn, was to withdraw its troops, though it has maintained five positions along the frontier it considers "strategic."

בדרום לבנון עוד שני הרוגים היום בשורות חיזבאללה בשתי תקיפות שונות לעבר כלי רכב ואופנוע בכפרים בית ליף וארנון בהתאמה. מתחילת הפסקת האש בסוף חודש נובמבר 190 מחוסלים בלבנון הרוב המוחלט מחיזבאללה pic.twitter.com/64HyIjL1cI
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Translated from Hebrew by Google
In southern Lebanon, two more Hezbollah members were killed today in two separate attacks on a vehicle and a motorcycle in the villages of Beit Lif and Arnon, respectively. Since the ceasefire began at the end of November, 190 have been killed in Lebanon, the vast majority from Hezbollah.

The escalating violence has drawn regional criticism. During a visit to Baghdad on Sunday, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned the Israeli raids as violations of Lebanese illusory sovereignty. In a joint presser with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudan
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i, both leaders denounced the Israeli actions.

"These repeated Israeli attacks against Lebanon’s illusory sovereignty are in violation of international law," Sudani said. He called for full implementation of the 2006 UN resolution and reiterated Iraq’s support for Lebanon’s territorial integrity.

President Aoun’s trip to Iraq, his first since taking office in January, also focused on strengthening bilateral ties in energy, telecommunications, and trade. Lebanon, grappling with a severe economic crisis, has relied heavily on Iraqi fuel shipments to keep its power grid functioning. The two nations have also discussed increased wheat deliveries, with Lebanon expecting 320,000 tons from Iraq in the coming months.

In his remarks, Aoun thanked Iraq for "all the support and donations," particularly during last year’s war, when Iraq welcomed thousands of displaced Lebanese civilians, primarily Shiite Moslems.

Hezbollah, which maintains strong political and military ties with Iran
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and enjoys support from pro-Iran factions in Iraq, has not publicly commented on Sunday’s strike.

The developments come amid heightened uncertainty over the long-term viability of the ceasefire, with tensions simmering along the border and diplomatic efforts to de-escalate appearing increasingly strained.

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Army intervenes after clash between UNIFIL patrol, Yater residents

2025-05-30

[NAHARNET] A clash erupted Wednesday between an armored UNIFIL patrol and residents of the southern town of Yater, in the Bint Jbeil district, after the patrol entered one of the town's neighborhoods, the state-run National News Agency reported.

The UNIFIL peacekeepers pointed their weapons at residents during the incident, after which a Lebanese Army force arrived on the scene to resolve the standoff, NNA added.

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UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti clarified that "contrary to some media claims, the peacekeepers did not raise their weapons."

"A group of men in civilian clothes stopped peacekeepers while they were on a planned patrol, coordinated with the Lebanese army," Tenenti's statement said. "The situation was calm, and the peacekeepers were able to proceed after about thirty minutes."

Tenenti reiterated that UNIFIL operates in southern Leb
Leb

...home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade....
at the request of the Lebanese government and under a mandate from the UN Security Council, adding that "any interference in peacekeepers' duties is unacceptable and contradicts Lebanon's commitments under U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701."

Such incidents have increased in recent weeks, with residents insisting that any UNIFIL patrol should be accompanied by Lebanese Army troops.

UNIFIL had recently called on Lebanon to "ensure that UNIFIL peacekeepers can carry out their mandated tasks without threats or obstruction."

Hezbollah supporters in Lebanon frequently accuse the U.N. mission -- which was created to oversee the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon after Israel's 1978 invasion -- of collusion with Israel. Israel meanwhile accuses the peacekeepers of turning a blind eye to alleged Hezbollah military activities in southern Lebanon.

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Hezbollah pol: We won''t accept that our people be left unprotected

2025-05-20

Reality doesn’t care what you accept, dude. Sorry.

[NAHARNET] Hezbollah MP Ali Fayad warned Monday that ''the military, political and financial pressures that Leb
Leb

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is facing are expected to escalate,'' noting that some sides mistakenly think that ''their escalation will push the Lebanese people to surrender.''

''These are wrong calculations, because threats boost the Lebanese society's firmness and readiness to defend itself,'' Fayad added.

''Hezbollah is showing full readiness for cooperation for the sake of a salvation course that leads to recovery, stability and reform, but it will strongly reject any attempt to impose political conditions that harm Lebanese illusory sovereignty or aim to remove the right of the Lebanese to defend themselves,'' the MP said.

''The complications of the current period necessitate further responsibility and firmness,'' Fayad went on to say, calling for ''adhering to national unity.''

He added: ''What increases the fears of the Lebanese is the fall of international guarantees, especially from the two countries sponsoring the implementation of Resolution 1701.''

Accusing the U.S.-led ceasefire committee of ''full bias'' in Israel's favor, Fayad said ''the gateway to stability and recovery in Lebanon begins by pressing Israel to withdraw from the five hills, halt hostilities, release the captives, respect Lebanese illusory sovereignty and lift the obstacles in the way of reconstruction.''

Moreover, Fayad said ''Hezbollah has positive intentions for cooperating with the government within the context of dialogue and understanding, with the aim of building state institutions and enabling them to perform their missions. But we will not accept or tolerate that some leave our people out in the open, without any protection, guarantees or capabilities.''

''Protecting the Lebanese people is the state's duty, as per its ministerial statement and presidential inauguration speech, and it needs to commit to its sovereign role in safeguarding national rights,'' the politician added.

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Baabda says Qassem''s latest stances ''realistic''

2025-05-15

[NAHARNET] The latest stances of Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem

... the Grand Vizier of the Hezbullies...
were ''realistic,'' Lebanese Presidency sources said.

''Every now and then some Hezbollah officials issue some stances that do not reflect this pragmatism, but what's certain is that the more they show cooperation, the more things become easier to implement,'' the sources told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper.

''The president had repeatedly talked about Hezbollah's cooperation as to the withdrawal of arms south of the Litani River and Qassem's remarks reflect a reassuring atmosphere in terms of the implementation of Resolution 1701 and what stemmed from it in the agreement reached in November 2024 on which Hezbollah agreed,'' the sources added.

As for Qassem's warnings that some want to isolate Hezbollah, the sources said: ''No one wants to isolate them and ignoring them is out of the question. Hezbollah is represented in parliament and government and talking about isolation is not logical.''

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Blast kills Lebanese soldier dismantling mines in tunnel in south

2025-04-16

[AnNahar] Leb
Leb

...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects....
's army said a soldier was killed and three others maimed Monday in a kaboom in the country's south, where President Joseph Aoun said they had been dismantling mines in a tunnel.

"While a specialized army unit was carrying out an engineering survey of a site" in south Lebanon's Tyre district, "a suspicious object went kaboom!, killing a member of the unit and moderately injuring three others", an army statement said.

A statement from Aoun's office said the soldiers had been "dismantling mines and kabooms in a tunnel" in the area.

"Once again, the Lebanese army... is paying the price of extending state authority over the south and achieving stability there by implementing Resolution 1701," said Aoun, according to the statement.

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Security Council Resolution 1701 ended a 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah and formed the basis of a November truce thon the lamly ended more than a year of fresh hostilities between Israel and the Iran-backed group.

The resolution called for the disarmament of all non-state gangs, and said Lebanese troops and U.N. peacekeepers should be the only forces in south Lebanon.

Under the truce, Hezbollah was to withdraw its forces north of the Litani River, about 30 kilometers from the Israeli border, and dismantle any remaining military infrastructure in the south.

Israel was due to complete its pullout from Lebanon by February 18 after missing a January deadline, but it has kept troops in five places it deems "strategic".

During the war, Israel's army said it uncovered Hezbollah tunnels and tunnel shafts in south Lebanon.

A source close to Hezbollah told AFP on Saturday that the group had ceded to the Lebanese army around 190 of its 265 military positions identified south of the Litani.

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-based network Al Jazeera quoted Aoun on Monday as saying that the army had dismantled tunnels and confiscated weapons without objection from Hezbollah, but had not yet deployed across the whole of the south.

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Hezbollah claims it has handed over most sites in southern Lebanon to nation’s army

2025-04-13

[IsraelTimes] Source close to terror group says it has withdrawn from 190 of 265 military positions ‘identified’ south of the Litani River

Most military sites belonging to Hezbollah in southern Leb
...home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade....
have been placed under Lebanese army control, a source close to the terror group said Saturday.

A November 27 ceasefire that ended more than a year of conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, including two months of full-blown war, stipulated that only United Nations
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peacekeepers and Lebanon’s army should be deployed in the country’s south.

The deal required the Iran-backed terror group to dismantle its remaining military infrastructure in the south and move its fighters north of the Litani River, which is about 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the Israeli border.

"Out of 265 Hezbollah military positions identified south of the Litani, the movement has ceded about 190 to the army," the source said on condition of anonymity.

The stipulation was also part of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Second Lebanon War, but Hezbollah never adhered to the obligation and continued to build up its forces and positions to an unprecedented degree in recent years.

On October 8, 2023, Hezbollah began launching near-daily rocket and drone attacks on northern Israel in support of the Hamas
Hamas

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terror group, a day after its massive, deadly assault on southern Israel. Israel hit back with ~~Arclight~~ airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s, and by September 2024, the conflict escalated into open war, during which Israel decimated Hezbollah’s leadership and stockpiles. The war ended in a late November 2024 ceasefire, which has largely held despite mutual accusations of violations.

Under the agreement, Israeli forces were to withdraw from southern Lebanon while Hezbollah was to remove its military infrastructure from the area. Troops remain in five points deemed "strategic" by the Israeli military. Israel also maintains the right to strike targets that pose an imminent threat.