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An Israeli strike targeted a Lebanese Army unit in Al-Mansuri, Tyre district, on Saturday, 18 July. Preliminary information indicates that the military was cooperating with a resident to transport an electric generator when the attack occurred. The provisional report referred to two injured persons, without any official information on their identity or condition. The incident takes place as Lebanon calls for Israeli withdrawal and increased military deployment in the south.

The Washington-Netanyahu relationship has been going through its worst crisis in decades.

The virtual meeting of representatives of Lebanon, Israel and the United States on Friday was postponed in order to prepare the technical dossiers. It was to finalize the modalities of the "pilot zones" discussed in Rome. The mechanism provides for a limited Israeli withdrawal, followed by strengthening of the Lebanese army and monitoring of commitments. Despite Washington's positive discussions, no public timetable has yet been set for the first evacuation.

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The Washington-Netanyahu relationship has been going through its worst crisis in decades.

The possible departure of Simon Karam from the presidency of the Lebanese delegation revives questions about negotiations with Israel. According to information published on 18 July, the former ambassador reportedly told several officials that he was planning to leave his mission. However, no official resignations were announced. This uncertainty highlights the difficulties of the process, the lack of visibility of the results achieved and the possible tensions around the mandate entrusted to the negotiator.

No Israeli withdrawal has yet been observed in southern Lebanon after the commitments discussed at the Rome meeting. According to a Lebanese military source, the Lebanese Army has not received any new sites and continues its patrols in its usual areas. The planned virtual tripartite meeting between Lebanese, Israeli and American representatives was also postponed for technical reasons. No new date has been announced, now in uncertainty the mechanism of the pilot zones.

President Joseph Aoun and First Lady Nehmat Aoun left Beirut for Washington at the invitation of Donald Trump. The summit scheduled for 21 July in the White House should focus on the ceasefire, the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territories, the deployment of the army and the return of stability to the south. The Head of State will mainly seek American guarantees capable of transforming diplomatic discussions into concrete measures on the ground.

Washington is moving the centre of gravity southward to Al Quds Al Arabi on June 29, 2026, placing the day under the double sign of a Lebanese-Israeli agreement torn out in Washington and a renewed tension between the United States and Iran. The newspaper describes a text that opens the way to test areas in the [...]

The Lebanese Army Commander, Rodolphe Haykal, is under increasing pressure in the context of the framework agreement with Israel and Hezbollah's requests for disarmament. No dismissal has been announced, but scenarios of resignation or replacement are circulating in several political circles. Nabih Berri has publicly warned against any attempt to touch the army, described as a red line for national stability.

Nabih Berri rejected the US-sponsored framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel in Washington. The President of the Lebanese Parliament called the text "taxes" and found it "ten times worse than the agreement of 17 May 1983". He also assured that the agreement "will not be executed", while calling to avoid street and internal discord.

The secret security annex of the Lebanon-Israel agreement raises a major controversy. Assumptions are circulating:
It could organize operational coordination between Lebanese and Israeli armies, under United States mediation. If the Israeli withdrawal is conditional on security checks, it may frame Lebanese sovereignty rather than restore it fully.

A clause in the Lebanon-Israel framework agreement calls on both sides to stop hostile or unfavourable actions in international political and legal forums. It could limit the ability of the Lebanese State to file a complaint against Israel for war crimes or to support an international referral. But it does not automatically block victims, NGOs, foreign jurisdictions or third States. The real challenge concerns Beirut's cooperation, the ICC's competence and the risk of peace built at the cost of amputated justice.