Ahead of the summit with Israel in Rome: "Lebanese army ready"
The ambassadors of Israel and Lebanon to the US will meet in Rome without military representatives, for talks aimed at bridging the gaps. In Lebanon, they want to accelerate the IDF's withdrawal, while Israel wants…
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A diplomatic track is opening in Rome between Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors, without military representatives, to address the gap between Israel's demand for thorough Hezbollah disarmament and Lebanon's push for faster IDF withdrawal. The US and Lebanon are meanwhile working to prepare pilot zones. The Israeli ambassador's warning that Israel will stay if Hezbollah remains signals that the core dispute is not just about troop positions but about what kind of security arrangement replaces them.