(JNS) Israel achieved a substantial strategic gain in the newly signed trilateral framework with Lebanon and the United States by wedging Lebanon away from Iran, yet there is significant doubt over the Lebanese Armed Forces’ ability to implement the deal against Hezbollah in the near future, observers in Israel told JNS.
The trilateral framework was signed on June 26 at the State Department in Washington, DC, by Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter and Lebanese Ambassador to the United States Nada Hamadeh Moawad, in a ceremony overseen by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. He said the agreement “establishes a clear and structured process to restore Lebanon’s sovereignty, disarm Hezbollah and dismantle its terrorist infrastructure, and enable Israel to return to its borders once that threat to its citizens is removed.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the deal as “a significant achievement” and said Israel “will remain in the security zone in Southern Lebanon” for as...
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