The planned pilot withdrawal of IDF forces from parts of southern Lebanon has been postponed until Israel, Lebanon, and the U.S. agree on a joint oversight mechanism between the Lebanese army and the IDF to monitor the ceasefire and steps against Hezbollah. Sources say no fixed timeline is set, and the pullback will proceed only after clear Lebanese commitments.
The planned pilot withdrawal of IDF forces from parts of southern Lebanon, initially expected within weeks, has been delayed until a trilateral oversight mechanism is agreed upon by Israel, Lebanon, and the United States. According to a Tuesday evening report, the new framework would require a joint Lebanese army–IDF body to supervise the ceasefire and anti-Hezbollah measures.
Sources quoted in the report state there is currently no fixed timeline; the withdrawal will occur only after clear Lebanese commitments are secured. The delay follows weeks of uncertainty over the implementation of the November 2024 ceasefire framework, under which Hezbollah was to disarm and the Lebanese army was to deploy south of the Litani River.
As The Zioneer has reported over the past week, the IDF had not yet received withdrawal orders (June 26), the Lebanese army pilot for disarmament was said to be weeks away (June 28), and senior military officials questioned the practicality of the framework (June 29). This report adds that the pilot phase itself — the test case for the broader pullback — is now contingent on the trilateral agreement, not just on Lebanese deployment.
What remains open: the specific form of the oversight mechanism, whether the U.S. will mediate directly, and how Hezbollah's posture changes in the interim. The report does not specify which drafters or officials provided the information.
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