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Israel Plans Partial Lebanon Pullout; Hezbollah Rejects, 430K Still Displaced

7/12/2026

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Israel agreed on June 26 to gradually withdraw from two pilot zones in southern Lebanon, keeping a ten-kilometre security zone while Hezbollah remains armed.
A United States (U.S.) military delegation met the Lebanese army in Beirut to discuss implementing the first pilot zone.
Hezbollah rejected the framework agreement.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said 732,000 displaced have returned home, leaving over 430,000 still displaced.

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Israel agreed on June 26 to gradually withdraw from two pilot zones in southern Lebanon, keeping a ten-kilometre security zone while Hezbollah remains armed.
A United States (U.S.) military delegation met the Lebanese army in Beirut to discuss implementing the first pilot zone.
Hezbollah rejected the framework agreement.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said 732,000 displaced have returned home, leaving over 430,000 still displaced.