The commander of the US Marine Corps forces under CENTCOM arrived in Israel this week with his team to plan the limited pilot withdrawal from southern Lebanon, Israeli news outlet Kan reports. According to assessments, the transfer of territory to the Lebanese army will take between one and three weeks.
A US Marine Corps commander from CENTCOM arrived in Israel this week with his team to plan the operational details of the limited pilot withdrawal from southern Lebanon, according to Kan.
The move signals that the American-brokered framework for a phased Israeli withdrawal and Lebanese army deployment is shifting from the diplomatic track to military planning. Assessments suggest the actual transfer of territory to the Lebanese army will take between one and three weeks — a narrower timeline than earlier estimates.
As The Zioneer has reported over the past several weeks, discussions on the pilot have been ongoing, with delays tied to the need for a trilateral oversight mechanism between the IDF, the Lebanese army, and the US. The arrival of a senior US military planner suggests those mechanism details may now be sufficiently advanced to move to the operational phase.
The timeline and scope of the pilot remain contingent on Lebanese army capabilities and coordination with the IDF, as US-mediated talks in Washington extended to a fourth day in late June.
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