A US source told Saudi-owned channel Al-Hadath that Lebanon is demanding a "clear and specific timeframe" for the Israeli military withdrawal from southern Lebanon. The report, attributed to a single anonymous source, did not specify whether the United States supports or is mediating the demand.
A US source told the Saudi-owned Al-Hadath channel that Lebanon is demanding a "clear and specific timeframe" for an Israeli military withdrawal from southern Lebanon, according to a single-source report on Wednesday evening. The demand adds a new layer to the ongoing diplomatic discourse over the northern front, where the Trump administration has reportedly pressed Israel for a withdrawal timeline in recent weeks.
The Zioneer has previously reported on a series of conflicting signals: on June 13, a senior US official stated that Israel would not be asked to leave until a final agreement with Iran and Lebanon — at least 60 days — while a separate Al-Hadath report the same day noted US pressure for tangible progress in the talks. Over the following week, reports emerged of a Trump administration demand for a partial withdrawal, an Iranian demand for full withdrawal (rejected by Israel), and a reported Trump press on Netanyahu to withdraw by a specific Friday. Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah also demanded a withdrawal timetable, as The Zioneer covered on Wednesday. The nature of the US response to Lebanon's latest specificity demand remains unclear, and the source of this report is a single anonymous channel.
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