Areas west of Slouqi, south of the Litani River are the territory the IDF is expected to evacuate under the emerging framework agreement with Lebanon, according to a report by Moriah Asraf and Doron Kadosh (N13 / Army Radio). The withdrawal aims to wrest initiative on the Lebanese front from Iran and counter the US-Iran memorandum of understanding.
A Friday evening report by Moriah Asraf and Doron Kadosh (N13 / Army Radio) specifies the geographic scope of the planned Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon under the framework agreement: areas west of Slouqi (a village in southern Lebanon) and south of the Litani River. The report frames the withdrawal as a joint Israeli-Lebanese initiative to preempt Iranian control over the Lebanese front and counter the recently signed US-Iran memorandum of understanding.
This is the first time a detailed withdrawal map has been attributed to named Israeli journalists rather than anonymous leaks. The report's characterization of the withdrawal as a proactive step — not one dictated by Iran — marks a departure from earlier, more adversarial framing of the negotiations. As The Zioneer has reported, previous iterations of the talks involved Iran conditioning any deal on full IDF withdrawal, a demand Israel publicly rejected.
The source is a single journalistic report; no official Israeli or Lebanese confirmation has been published. The exact withdrawal timeline remains unspecified, and the report does not address the status of areas north of the Litani that the original November 2024 ceasefire required Hezbollah to vacate.
6 developments
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- DevelopingSenior Israeli security official: IDF will not withdraw from southern Lebanon
- StrongIDF: Forces remain in southern Lebanon following political directive
- DevelopingIDF maintains operations in southern Lebanon, military says
Source and signal
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