Event: Lebanese

Live Blog Update| War on Iran 26 June 2026 21:08 BST Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said a deal signed with Israel on Friday was a first step towards fully restoring his country's sovereignty after Israel's latest war on Lebanon. "The framework agreement signed today is a first step" that will enable Lebanese people to return "to their fully liberated lands, and to their certainly rebuilt homes... under the sovereignty of the Lebanese state that has no partner in its sovereignty over its land and people", Aoun said, according to a statement released by his office.  "We swear to continue to work until this is fully achieved. There will be no more occupation, prisoners, subordination or tutelage," he added. Residents flash the V-sign for Victory as they stand on the rubble of a collapsed home, destroyed in Israeli military strikes, in the southern Lebanese village of Bir Al-Salasil on 24 June 2026 (AFP)

Sidebar Menu Mobile En Now Follow us Live Blog Update| War on Iran 26 June 2026 20:15 BST In a televised address, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel will remain in southern Lebanon "as long as Lebanon does not disarm". In a speech published by Israeli Army Radio on X, Netanyahu also said the framework deal between the US, Israel and Lebanon "is a blow to Iran".

Live Blog Update| War on Iran 26 June 2026 20:02 BST Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah said Lebanese authorities would not be able to enforce a framework agreement signed with Israel in Washington on Friday unless, with US support, "they go to civil war", Al Mayadeen reported on Friday, after talks aimed at ending Israel's war on Lebanon. Fadlallah said Hezbollah would confront any measure taken by Lebanese authorities, and that the group would continue to hold onto its weapons. The group's opposition was at a "serious" level, and they would not allow authorities to implement their commitments on the ground, he added.

Israel and Lebanon signed a framework agreement in Washington on Friday following several days of talks to secure an end to Israel's war on Lebanon. Lebanese Ambassador Nada Moawad and her Israeli counterpart Yechiel Leiter signed the trilateral document with the US at the State Department in Washington. "Today we've taken the first step in what will be a difficult journey, without a doubt, but an important and an essential and a necessary one," US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said before the agreement was inked. The officials did not provide details of the framework deal and did not say how its terms would differ from those included in a 16 April ceasefire deal that preceded several rounds of US-brokered Israel-Lebanon talks. Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter (front L) speaks during a signing ceremony hosted by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C, back), seated near State Department Chief of Staff Daniel Holler (front C) and Lebanese Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh (front R) at the US Department of State in Washington DC, on 26 June 2026 (AFP)

Lebanon and Israel have agreed to a deal as part of a trilateral framework with the United States in Washington on Friday, following five rounds of talks hosted by US President Donald Trump's administration. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called it "the beginning of the beginning" in remarks to reporters moments before the signing. He later revealed in a written statement that the US would commit $100m in "humanitarian assistance in coordination with the UN" for affected communities, though he did not specify whether it was just for Lebanon or also for northern Israeli border towns. The Lebanese Armed Forces, Rubio said, would be "reimbursed" by the Trump administration to the tune of $30m. "This agreement establishes a clear and structured process to restore Lebanon's sovereignty, disarm Hezbollah and dismantle its terrorist infrastructure, and enable Israel to return to its borders once that threat to its citizens is removed," Rubio said. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters It also creates a Military Coordination Group for Lebanon which will be facilitated by Washington, he added. "For Lebanon, this Framework provides a genuine pathway out of a long crisis. For Israel, it creates a verifiable path to removing the persistent threat on its northern border." Posting on X, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said the framework is a step toward "restoration of the state's sovereignty", but downplayed any new obligations on his country apart from previously stipulated agreements in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, and the 2024 ceasefire deal. "Only the legitimate forces are authorized to bear arms in Lebanon," he said. Hezbollah Speaking to reporters at the signing event, which followed three consecutive days of talks, Rubio made reference to the key…

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