The Israeli military started its withdrawal from Naqura and back into Israel proper today
BEIRUT – Visiting US envoy Amos Hochstein said Israeli forces began withdrawing on Monday from a south Lebanon border town more than halfway into a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
"These withdrawals will continue until all Israeli forces are out of Lebanon completely, and as the Lebanese army continues to deploy into the south and all the way to the Blue Line," he added after meeting with parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri, an ally of the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement. Under the terms of the ceasefire which Hochstein helped broker, the Lebanese army is to deploy alongside United Nations peacekeepers in the south as the Israeli army withdraws over a 60-day period.Hezbollah is to pull its forces north of the Litani River -- about 30 kilometres from the border -- and dismantle any remaining military infrastructure in the south.
The Israeli army told AFP that it "operates according to the directive of the political echelon and is committed to the understanding in regards to the ceasefire conditions". He said that while the ceasefire implementation may not have proceeded "as quickly as some wanted... what I heard in Naqura today gives me hope that we're on the right track".Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Sunday accused Hezbollah of not withdrawing "beyond the Litani River" as stipulated, and of not meeting other terms of the ceasefire, after Hezbollah accused Israel of violations.
During Monday's visit, his first since the truce, Hochstein also urged political consensus in Lebanon ahead of a presidential vote this week.
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