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The US envoy too Lebanon Appar to an answer from Beirut on Monday for a proposal from Washington, in which the complete disarmament of the Iranian terrorist group Hisbollah was detailed in exchange for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the southern region.
Messenger Thomas Barrack said reporters that he was “incredibly satisfied” with Beirut’s timely response to a proposal of June 19, who was disarmament Hezbollah Within a period of four months.
“What the government gave us was something spectacular in a very short time,” said Barrack after a meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, who took over the top job in January. “I’m incredibly satisfied with the answer.”
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, right, meets with the US ambassador to Turkey and the special envoy in Syria Tom Barrack in Baabda, east of Beirut, Monday, July 7, 2025. (Lebanese PresidentCy Press Office about AP)
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The news comes when the negotiators also work on ending Israel’s war against Hamas In the Gaza Strip, Jerusalem only saw a war against the southern border against Hamas last autumn, rocket attacks with Iran and with the Houthis in Yemen and a campaign that developed in Lebanon.
A ceasefire according to A was hit in Lebanon Refined Pager bomb attacks This was aimed at hundreds of Hisbollah in September.
The Hisbollah largely withdrew from the southern region of Lebanon and reported that some weapons have been given up.
However, the reporting of Reuters on Monday also indicated that the Hezbollah may not be willing to give up all the arms and the details of the US Lebanon Agreement, in which the disarmament of the terrorist network remains unknown.
Israeli troops have remained in parts of the southern Libanonic period to counteract what it is equipped with for a continued threat to the terrorist network for Israeli communities that live on the northern border, and skirmishes have continued.
Barrack, who also serves as a US ambassador in Turkey and as a special representative Syriasaid he believes that Lebanon and Israel ultimately have the same goal – peace.
An IDF soldier near tank defense rockets that belong to the Hisbollah of the terrorist group in South Libanon. (IDF)
“The Israelis do not want war with the Lebanon,” he said. “Both countries try to give the same thing-the concept of a stand-down agreement, the hiring of hostilities and a way to peace.”
Barrack also suggested that the Trump administration could try to add the Lebanon to the list of nations that have normalized relationships with Israel in accordance with the Abraham Agreement -a main policy of Trump’s first administration and one that he has made a top priority again.
Fox News Digital could not confirm whether Beirut is still interested At this level of diplomacy with its southern neighbor.
But Barrack also suggested that Syria started with Israel with the “dialogue”.
“The dialogue has started between Syria and Israel, just as the Lebanon dialogue has to be reinvented,” he said. “If you don’t want to change, it is not a problem. The rest of the region moves at Mach speed and you are left behind.”
Mourners react during the funeral of the Hisbollah member Hassan Ghassan Hijazi, who was killed on January 11, 2025 by an Israeli strike in Tayr Debba in the South Libanon. (Courtney Bonneau/Middle East Pictures/AFP via Getty Images)
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The comments come a week after the Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said that Jerusalem is interested in expanding the Abraham Accords Circle of Peace and normalization.
“We have an interest in adding countries such as Syria and Lebanon, our neighbors to the circle of peace and normalization, while we protect Israel’s essential and security interests,” he added, although a large part of the normalization efforts would depend on Israel in the Gaza strip.
Reuters contributed to this report.
