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Israel and Lebanon have signed a framework agreement in Washington after days of negotiations brokered by the US.<\/b><\/p>\n
The deal, details of which remain unclear, is something of a victory for the Trump administration, which is itself embroiled in complex negotiations with Iran following the extension of a ceasefire between the two.<\/p>\n
Iran – Hezbollah’s primary foreign backer – has repeatedly called for Lebanon to form part of any negotiations with the US. <\/p>\n
The agreement “begins to put in place a framework for lasting peace and security,” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday. “That’s what these two nations deserve,” he said, calling it a “first step”.<\/p>\n
Previous ceasefires between Israel and Hezbollah have still seen near-daily cross-border strikes, with both sides accusing each other of violating the agreement.<\/p>\n
Washington has feared that continuing tensions between Israel and Lebanon could undermine the US peace deal with Iran, which holds a commitment to end fighting on “all fronts”, including Lebanon.<\/p>\n
Over the course of several months, repeated Israeli strikes on targets in southern Lebanon threatened to derail efforts to settle the conflict in the Middle East.<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump on one occasion held a terse phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in which he reportedly uttered an expletive. He also publicly criticized Netanyahu and Israeli conduct in the conflict on several occasions.<\/p>\n
The Israel-Lebanon deal, however, could be tenuous. Hezbollah is not a party to Friday’s agreement, and it is unclear whether it will agree to withdraw its fighters from the South Litani area in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n
While Trump has insisted that Israel has a right to defend itself from Hezbollah rocket strikes on its territories, he has also claimed he can “control Israel from attacking Lebanon.”<\/p>\n
“They have a lot of respect for me,” Trump told Axios in an interview last week. “They do as I say.”<\/p>\n
Lebanon was drawn into the war between the US and Israel and Iran on 2 March, when Hezbollah launched rockets into Israel in retaliation for an Israeli strike that killed Iran’s supreme leader. Israel responded with an air campaign across Lebanon and a ground invasion in the south.<\/p>\n
A US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon on 16 April failed to stop the fighting.<\/p>\n
Israel and Lebanon also agreed in June to renew their fragile ceasefire and create a number of “pilot” security zones inside Lebanon in which Hezbollah operatives would be banned. But fighting has since continued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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