Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz has said Israeli forces have been instructed to prepare for an extended stay in a security zone in southern Lebanon, despite a new U.S.-brokered framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon. Israel Defence Minister Signals Extended Lebanon Stay Katz said
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem has rejected the new Israel-Lebanon framework agreement, calling it “null” and a surrender of Lebanese sovereignty. He said any deal linking Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon to Hezbollah’s disarmament would cross the group’s red lines. Hezbollah Rejects Israel-Lebanon Framework Agreement Qassem criticised the framework agreement signed








