According to Lebanese media reports, the Lebanese delegation working with American mediators has submitted more than ten different proposals for defining 'test zones' to implement security arrangements on the ground, all of which Israel has rejected. The core dispute centers on Israel's demand that the Lebanese army actively enforce the agreement in areas beyond the current line of fighting, on both sides of the Litani River — a demand Beirut has refused.
Lebanese media report that the Lebanese delegation has offered Israel more than ten distinct proposals for defining 'test zones' ('azari nisuy') as a mechanism to implement security arrangements in southern Lebanon, but Israel has rejected every one. The reports, attributed to sources involved in the talks, identify the central sticking point as Israel's demand that the Lebanese army actively enforce the agreement in areas both south and north of the Litani River — far beyond the current frontline. Lebanon has refused this condition.
This latest development comes amid deadlocked negotiations over the terms of an IDF withdrawal from southern Lebanon. As The Zioneer reported on Wednesday, the Lebanese army had already rejected Israel's 'pilot zones' formula. Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has also conveyed Shia opposition to the 'pilot zones' concept in the US proposal. Israel has insisted on Lebanese army enforcement in depth, while Beirut has consistently pushed for a full withdrawal timetable without what it sees as expansive Israeli security demands.
The Lebanese delegation continues to work with American mediators, but no breakthrough has been reported. The source material does not specify whether the rejected proposals were new or expansions of earlier concepts.
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