Hezbollah Supporters Protest Israel-Lebanon Deal as Israeli Troops Face 6-Mile Pullback
Updated
Updated · The New York Times · Jun 27
Hezbollah Supporters Protest Israel-Lebanon Deal as Israeli Troops Face 6-Mile Pullback
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 27
Summary
Hours after Israel and Lebanon signed a preliminary peace framework in Washington on Friday, Hezbollah-aligned protesters rallied in Beirut, waving yellow flags and denouncing the Lebanese government.
The U.S.-brokered deal sets out a phased security plan under which the Lebanese Armed Forces would take control of all national territory as Hezbollah and other nonstate groups are disarmed and their military infrastructure dismantled.
Israeli forces would withdraw in stages from territory more than 6 miles inside Lebanon that they have occupied since early March, tying the pullback to the broader security arrangement.
The agreement immediately exposed deep splits in Lebanon: supporters cast it as a way to curb Iranian influence and reinforce state sovereignty, while Hezbollah called it a capitulation to Israeli and U.S. demands.