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<\/a>Israel, Lebanon agree on plan to drive Hezbollah north of the Litani River<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nMike Wagenheim<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n After a marathon negotiating session of over eight and a half hours at the U.S. State Department, Israel and Lebanon announced an agreement to \u201cswiftly advance the creation\u201d of so-called pilot zones to gradually drive out the Hezbollah terror organization from south of the strategic Litani River in southern Lebanon, and immediately replace control of those positions with Lebanese Armed Forces troops.<\/span><\/p>\n The agreement, brokered by the United States, came at the conclusion of the second day of the fourth round of the historic\u00a0direct talks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0between Jerusalem and Beirut in Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n A ceasefire agreed to by the two sides is contingent on a \u201ccomplete cessation of Hezbollah fire and the evacuation of all Hezbollah operatives from the South Litani Sector,\u201d according to a joint statement released by the trilateral participants.<\/span><\/p>\n The completed steps \u201cwill enable progress towards a comprehensive peace and security agreement,\u201d the statement reads.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI think we achieved something today which is relatively unprecedented,\u201d\u00a0Yechiel Leiter<\/a><\/span>, Israel\u2019s ambassador to the United States, told the press. \u201cWe brought the people of Lebanon to the understanding that we\u2019re not the enemy. Hezbollah is, and now we\u2019re going to work together to rid the country of this Iranian proxy on Israel\u2019s border, which deprives Israel of its security and the Lebanese people of their freedom.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Leiter again led talks on behalf of Israel. Simon Karam, a former Lebanese ambassador to Washington and now a special presidential envoy, headed up the Lebanese side, with Dan Holler, State Department counselor, serving as lead mediator and facilitator.<\/span><\/p>\n In response to a query from JNS about how the pilot zones would work, Leiter said the 2,000 or so Hezbollah terrorists operating south of the Litani will be guaranteed safe passage north.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBut after a certain amount of time, which is not very long, if they don\u2019t make their way back to the north, then they know exactly what\u2019s coming, and Lebanon understands what\u2019s coming,\u201d said Leiter.<\/span><\/p>\n The pilot zone project will be \u201cguided\u201d by the United States, said Leiter, with special units in the Lebanese army to take control of various areas and gradually spread out throughout the south, \u201cso we don\u2019t go into another pattern where Israel leaves, Hezbollah comes back, and we go through the same thing for the past 40 years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Leiter said those involved in the talks \u201care full of hope that this time it will succeed, because we see that the people of Lebanon are committed to freeing their country from this malign influence of Hezbollah and Iran,\u201d adding that there may be \u201csome ups and downs, but we are determined together with Lebanon to implement this ceasefire.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Hezbollah, he said, is \u201con their knees and they will continue to be, if not on their knees, on the floor,\u201d and the LAF\u2019 expansion in the south will allow Israel and Lebanon to \u201cslowly reach a state of normalization.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n All sides said the future of the Israel-Lebanese relationship is not to be dictated by outside actors who would \u201chold Lebanon\u2019s future hostage,\u201d and that Jerusalem and Beirut, who have technically been in a state of war since 1948, \u201chave no hostile intent toward one another and committed to continuing direct negotiations to build confidence, resolve all outstanding issues and work toward a comprehensive agreement.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The three countries also condemned Iran\u2019s attacks throughout the region and its ongoing destabilizing activities. Hezbollah serves as an Iranian proxy.<\/span><\/p>\n The statement said continued negotiations are not to run \u201cthrough any separate track,\u201d alluding to Iran\u2019s demands that a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah be put in place as part of a potential deal between Washington and Tehran.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe most important thing is to understand this: Iran is disconnected from what is happening in Lebanon,\u201d said Leiter. \u201cWe insist on that. The United States insists on that, and we hope it stays that way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Israel and Lebanon are set to reconvene for a fifth round of U.S.-brokered talks on both the political and security tracks during the week of June 22,\u202f\u201dwith a view toward reaching a comprehensive agreement.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n In response to a question from JNS, Leiter confirmed the next round of discussions will be held at the ambassadorial level. He added that a trilateral meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, which Trump teased weeks ago, but which was rejected by Aoun, is \u201csomething that we\u2019re working on. We want to see it happen at the right time. We believe it\u2019s going to happen. We want to have everything prepared and set the stage for it to succeed. So we\u2019re working on it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Trump is \u201cputting all his weight behind these attempts\u201d to broker peace, said Leiter, dismissing comments Trump made this week expressing frustration at Netanyahu\u2019s policies in Lebanon as a \u201clover\u2019s spat\u201d that doesn\u2019t define their relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhen we\u2019re so close, we\u2019re going to have conversations that sometimes are heated, but the bottom line is that America, Israel and Lebanon are united in keeping Iran out of the equation,\u201d Leiter said. \u201cWe hope that we\u2019re going to succeed, because we have this power when we operate together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion’68,<\/em> Israel, Lebanon agree on plan to drive Hezbollah north of the Litani River Mike Wagenheim \u201cWe brought the people of Lebanon to the understanding that we\u2019re not the enemy. Hezbollah is,\u201d said Yechiel Leiter, Israel\u2019s U.S. ambassador. 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\n\u201cWe brought the people of Lebanon to the understanding that we\u2019re not the enemy. Hezbollah is,\u201d said Yechiel Leiter, Israel\u2019s U.S. ambassador.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio joins working-level peace talks with Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter and Lebanese Ambassador to the United States Nada Hamadeh Moawad at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., April 14, 2026. Credit: Freddie Everett\/U.S. State Department.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
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Mike Wagenheim<\/strong> is a Washington-based correspondent for JNS, primarily covering the U.S. State Department and Congress. He is the senior U.S. correspondent at the Israel-based i24NEWS TV network.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
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