Officials from Israel and Lebanon have begun a new round of talks in Washington, with discussions set to proceed simultaneously on both diplomatic and military tracks, according to i24NEWS.
A fifth round of U.S.-mediated Israel-Lebanon negotiations formally opened this afternoon at the State Department in Washington, with talks proceeding simultaneously on diplomatic and military tracks, according to the Israeli Embassy in Washington as reported by i24NEWS earlier. The opening follows the arrival of the Lebanese delegation at the venue earlier today, as reported by Abu Ali Express.
This is the fifth round in the series The Zioneer has been tracking since the first report on Monday June 22, 20:28 Jerusalem time. The preceding rounds, all reported that evening, established the framework: the first confirmed a three-day session focusing on a pilot zone in southern Lebanon where only the Lebanese army would operate; subsequent versions added that the talks would address Hezbollah disarmament and an IDF withdrawal timetable, and that the Israeli team is led by Ambassador Yechiel Leiter (political track) and Brig. Gen. Amichai Levin (military track). The initial information came from a single Israeli media report; by the evening of June 22, corroboration had expanded to include i24NEWS and an official Israeli Embassy statement.
The central reported dispute in prior rounds concerns the pilot zone's location: Lebanon wants the Lebanese army deployment to begin in areas where the IDF is still present, while Israel prefers areas where it is not. The agenda for this fifth round has not been detailed beyond the two-track structure.
No further details on the specific agenda items, mediators beyond the U.S. facilitation, or the session's duration have been released in this round. The earlier reports that the talks would run Tuesday through Thursday have not been independently confirmed in this session's opening statement.
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