Israel says that the ceasefire agreement is not being implemented quickly.
The Lebanese group Hezbollah has demanded that Israeli forces complete their withdrawal from the south of the country in accordance with the terms of a ceasefire agreement reached between the two sides, as the Israeli government says the deal is not being implemented quickly enough. is
Israel and the Iran-aligned group agreed to a ceasefire brokered by France and the United States in November, ending more than a year of fighting.
Under the agreement, Israeli forces were to withdraw from Lebanon and Hezbollah forces from southern Lebanon within 60 days of Monday.
“There have been positive developments where the Lebanese Army and UNIFIL have replaced Hezbollah forces, as per the agreement,” Israeli government spokesman David Manser told reporters Thursday, referring to UN peacekeepers in Lebanon. described.”
“We have also made it clear that these movements are not fast enough, and there is much more to be done,” he said, confirming that Israel wants to continue with the deal.
Mencer did not directly respond to questions about whether Israel had requested an extension to the agreement or whether Israeli forces would remain in Lebanon after the 60-day deadline.
Al Jazeera’s Zaina Khadr, reporting from Beirut, Lebanon, said Israel’s ambassador to the United States said Israel was in talks with President Donald Trump’s administration to get the U.S. to extend the deadline by at least another month. can be done
He said that Israeli officials are talking about staying in Lebanon, which would be a violation of the cease-fire agreement until January 26.
Hezbollah is signaling that it is going to resume military operations. It says that if Israeli soldiers remain, they will be an occupying force and there will be ‘resistance,'” Khudar noted.
He added that “whether these threats are serious – considering that Hezbollah has been severely weakened by Israel during the war – is open to question”.
Hezbollah said on Thursday that Israel would have to withdraw completely from Lebanon as the 60-day period in the ceasefire agreement expires and warned that any violation of the accord would not be tolerated.
“We need the complete withdrawal of the Israeli army,” French President Emmanuel Macron said earlier this month, speaking with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Beirut.
The Lebanese government has also told U.S. mediators that Israel’s failure to pull out in time could complicate the deployment of Lebanese troops and undermine diplomatic efforts and the optimistic atmosphere in Lebanon since the January 9 election of a president. There is a blow.
Ali Fayyad, a Hezbollah lawmaker, said on January 20 that if Israel failed to withdraw, it would call on all Lebanese people to “resist the Israeli occupation by all possible means and instruments to force it from their land.” will put in a new phase of “doing”.
