ibetph US announces first Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon under ceasefire deal

This picture taken during a media tour organized by the local council in the northern Israeli town of Metula near Lebanons frontier on December 9, 2024, shows destruction in the Lebanese village of Kfar Kila due to the war between Israel and the Leb...

This picture taken during a media tour organized by the local council in the northern Israeli town of Metula near Lebanon’s frontier on December 9, 2024, shows destruction in the Lebanese village of Kfar Kila due to the war between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah group. Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON — Israeli forces conducted a first withdrawal from a town in south Lebanon and were replaced by the Lebanese military under a ceasefire deal, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Wednesday.

The command’s leader General Erik Kurilla “was present at the implementation and monitoring headquarters today during the ongoing first Israeli Defense Forces withdrawal and Lebanese Armed Forces replacement in Al-Khiam, Lebanon, as part of the (ceasefire) agreement,” CENTCOM said in a statement.

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“This is an important first step in the implementation of a lasting cessation of hostilities and lays the foundation for continued progress,” the statement quoted Kurilla as saying.

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Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said that the stationing of troops “in the Khiam and Marjayoun areas today represents a fundamental step towards strengthening the army’s deployment in the south, in implementation of the ceasefire decision.”

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“We salute the army’s efforts” toward establishing “stability in the south,” Mikati said in a post on X.

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The Israeli military meanwhile said its 7th Brigade had “concluded their mission in Khiam in southern Lebanon.”

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“In accordance with the ceasefire understandings and with the coordination of the United States, soldiers of the Lebanese Armed Forces are being deployed in the area together” with UNIFIL, the UN peacekeeping mission in the area, the Israeli statement said.

READ: After days of Israeli strikes, Hezbollah fires into Israel-held area

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The Pentagon later said that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had spoken to his Israeli counterpart, Israel Katz, and told him the United States was working with its partners to support the ceasefire.

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Austin “emphasized that the ceasefire… has the potential to create the conditions to restore lasting calm and enable residents on both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border to return safely to their homes,” the US readout said.

Israel stepped up its military campaign in south Lebanon in late September after nearly a year of cross-border exchanges begun by Hezbollah in support of its ally Hamas, following the Palestinian group’s October 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel.

A ceasefire came into effect on November 27 and is generally holding, though both sides have accused the other of repeated violations.

As part of the agreement, the Lebanese army and United Nations peacekeepers will deploy in southern Lebanon as the Israeli army withdraws over a period of 60 days.

This was the remark of Kristalina Georgieva, who has just started her second five-year term as managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Thursday, before the IMF and the World Bank’s annual gathering of financial leaders in Washington next week.

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Hezbollah is also meant to withdraw its forces north of the Litani riveribetph, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the border, and dismantle its military infrastructure in southern Lebanon.

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