Israeli and Lebanese delegations will meet Tuesday in Washington for another round of talks focused on disarming Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and advancing normalization, according to a report by Amichai Stein (i24NEWS). The talks will run over three days on two tracks — political, led by Ambassador Yechiel Leiter, and military, led by IDF Strategic Division head Amichai Levin. A central issue is the pilot program for Lebanese army deployment: Lebanon wants it to start in areas where the IDF is still present, while Israel prefers areas where it is not.
A new round of Israel-Lebanon negotiations is scheduled to begin Tuesday in Washington and continue through Thursday, according to a single report by Amichai Stein (i24NEWS). The talks will address Hezbollah's disarmament in southern Lebanon and the broader normalization process between the two countries.
This round follows President Isaac Herzog's remarks Monday that negotiations would resume in Washington Tuesday and that Hezbollah's disarmament must be an inseparable part of any solution. As The Zioneer reported at 20:30 Monday, the talks aim to define a pilot zone in southern Lebanon where only the Lebanese army would be permitted to operate.
The delegations will operate on two parallel tracks: the political channel, led by Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter, and a military channel headed by IDF Strategic Division head Amichai Levin. The core dispute centers on where the pilot phase will begin — Lebanon insists it start in areas where the IDF is still deployed, so that an Israeli withdrawal follows each Lebanese army entry; Israel argues the pilot should first be tested in areas where it has no military presence.
The report comes amid ongoing diplomatic efforts involving the U.S. and France to advance a framework for southern Lebanon, though key details — including sequencing and scope — remain unresolved.
2 developments
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- DevelopingUS, France and Lebanon push for Israeli withdrawal, Hezbollah redeployment talks
- DevelopingReport: Fifth round of Lebanon-Israel border talks to open in Washington on June 22
- DevelopingLebanese delegation to meet Israelis in US amid reported Qatari-Iranian involvement in ceasefire talks
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