Hezbollah Rejects Israel-Lebanon Deal as Beirut Protests Erupt Hours After 6-Mile Withdrawal Plan
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 27
Hezbollah Rejects Israel-Lebanon Deal as Beirut Protests Erupt Hours After 6-Mile Withdrawal Plan
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 27
Summary
Hezbollah-aligned protesters filled Beirut streets Friday night, denouncing Lebanon's government just hours after Washington announced a preliminary Israel-Lebanon peace framework.
The U.S.-brokered deal pairs a phased Israeli pullback from territory occupied since March with a security plan requiring the Lebanese Armed Forces to take control as Hezbollah and other nonstate groups disarm.
Hezbollah rejected the framework as capitulation to Israeli and American demands, while supporters cast it as a step to curb Iranian influence and reassert Lebanese sovereignty over internal security.
The split reaction exposed how the agreement, billed as a path to lasting peace, could deepen Lebanon's internal divisions even as it seeks to end Israel's war with Hezbollah.