Emirates-based newspaper The National publishes what it says is the full text of the ceasefire deal agreed to by Lebanon ending fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah terror group. It says the draft was obtained via a senior official.
The 13-point document tasks Lebanon’s armed forces with enforcing UN Resolution 1701 from the year 2006, which bars Hezbollah arms and military infrastructure south of the Litani River, and calls for the deployment of 10,000 Lebanese troops to the area as soon as possible, under the guidance of the US and France.
Much of the document is concerned with the working of a tripartite mechanism set up by the UNIFIL international observer force, the US, and France to deal with enforcement and violations of the treaty.
The document requires the Lebanese military to control access to areas south of the Litani, though many Lebanese have already seemingly streamed to the area nonetheless.
A final point includes a request from Jerusalem and Beirut that the US and UN help “facilitate indirect negotiations between Israel and Lebanon with the objective of resolving remaining disputed points along the Blue Line [Israel-Lebanon frontier], consistent with Resolution 1701.”
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