Israel will continue to withdraw troops from Lebanon after the end of the truce with Hezbollah

Israel in coordination with The United States will continue to gradually withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon after the 60-day deadline for the agreement expires previously concluded with the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah. This was announced on January 24 by the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The document notes that Lebanon has not yet fully implemented the terms of the agreement.

"The ceasefire agreement in Lebanon stipulated that the planned withdrawal of the Israeli army should be completed within 60 days. This paragraph was formulated based on the understanding that the withdrawal process may last after 60 days," the office of the head of government said, quoting the contents of the statement.https://tass.ru /" target="_blank">TASS.

The withdrawal process of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is due to the fact that a contingent of the Lebanese army will be deployed in southern Lebanon after that. The Lebanese military will effectively enforce the agreement and at the same time move Hezbollah's forces and infrastructure north of the Litani River."Since the ceasefire agreement has not yet been fully implemented by the State of Lebanon, the phased withdrawal process will continue in full coordination with the United States," Netanyahu's office said.

Long Conclusions: Israel delays withdrawal from Lebanon

IDF troops left only one town during the truce with Hezbollah

Earlier, on December 21, 2024, the UN peacekeeping mission informed Izvestia, Israel withdrew its troops during the truce with Hezbollah from only one city in southern Lebanon. The deployment of the Lebanese army has become possible so far only in areas that have been abandoned by Israeli troops, said Andrea Tenenti, an official representative of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

The beginning of the indefinite ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel on November 26, 2024, was announced by the former US president Joe Biden. According to the document, within 60 days, starting from November 27, Israel should gradually withdraw its troops from the neighboring country. After that, Netanyahu during a telephone conversation thanked Biden for his help in concluding a cease-fire agreement in Lebanon.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on the same day that Russia href="https://iz.ru/1798062/2024-11-27/kreml-pozitivno-otcenivaet-prekrashchenie-ognia-mezhdu-izrailem-i-livanom " target="_blank">is positive about the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire agreement. He pointed out the importance of deploying the Lebanese armed forces in their designated regions so that the Israeli army could begin a gradual withdrawal.

The escalation of hostilities between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah occurred after the events of September 17 and 18, when thousands of people, including movement employees, href="https://iz.ru/1760627/2024-09-17/sotni-boitcov-khezbolly-poluchili-raneniia-posle-vzryva-peidzherov?main_click " target="_blank">injured in explosions of pagers and other communication devices in Lebanon. In the country blamed for the incident Tel Aviv. Since then, Israel has continued to destroy the leadership of the Shiite movement and launch attacks on Lebanese territory.

The situation in the Middle East escalated on the morning of October 7, 2023, when the Palestinian radical movement Hamas exposed the territory of Israel href="https://iz.ru/1585586/2023-10-07/palestinskaia-gruppirovka-khamas-zaiavila-o-5-tys-vypushchennykh-po-izrailiu-raket " target="_blank">massive rocket fire from the Gaza Strip. On the same day, Israel began to inflict retaliatory strikes.