The Israeli enemy is not withdrawing from Naqoura, and an American pledged to Berri to curb the violations

Al-Akhbar wrote: Yesterday, the Lebanese army was preparing to enter Naqoura and redeploy there. However, the step was postponed to an unspecified date due to the procrastination of the Israeli occupation forces in withdrawing from the town. A mechanized force was scheduled to depart from the Hamra checkpoint early in the morning, after coordination between the army, UNIFIL forces, and the committee supervising the implementation of the ceasefire agreement. But it turned out that Israel did not complete its withdrawal from Naqoura at night, and began to retreat in the morning as a result of a machine-gun sweep it carried out on its line of retreat. When the occupation army arrived at noon at the eastern outskirts of Naqoura, it stopped to bulldoze more homes, delaying its withdrawal.

It was learned that the army leadership, after reviewing the head of the supervisory committee, American officer Gasper Jeffers, asked it to “wait until the Israeli army withdraws”! A monitoring source pointed out that the decision to enter Naqoura “came based on the initiative of the Lebanese army, which had asked the committee to pressure Israel to withdraw all at once from the western sector.” However, the committee did not decide on the request. After Yarzeh informed the committee of its decision to enter Naqoura two days after the deployment in Shamaa, the enemy did not decide its position, whether positive or negative, before it proceeded to obstruct the Lebanese army’s initiative and maneuver to withdraw, to make it appear as if the initiative was only in the hands of Israel.

Next Monday, Naqoura is expected to witness the third meeting of the Five-Year Committee. It was expected that the enemy forces would withdraw from Naqoura, then Tairafa and Al-Jabin after Shama before Monday. The next meeting is gaining importance with the expectation that US envoy Amos Hochstein will attend, noting that Prime Minister Najib Mikati had summoned the American and French members of the committee to inform them of Lebanon’s objection to repeated Israeli violations. In preparation for the meeting, President Nabih Berri received Jeffers and US Ambassador Lisa Johnson, who heard the Council President’s objection to repeated violations.
According to Ain al-Tineh’s information, Speaker Berri presented all the Israeli violations to the American delegation since the ceasefire took effect, and their number to those who guaranteed the agreement. Berri also heard from General Jeffers America’s confirmation of its commitment to the agreement and following up on its implementation in a way that leads to stability on the borders.

According to the sources, President Berri asked one of his assistants to open the window of the large window in his office and addressed his words to the American general so that he could hear the sound of the Israeli reconnaissance plane in the sky and its annoying voice, while the general contented himself with a simple smile and without a word.
Al-Diyar wrote: Sources close to “Ain al-Tineh” expressed complete dissatisfaction with these developments, and considered that what the occupation army did was a clear “message” of challenge to everyone. Either the Americans are “selling” the Lebanese sweet talk, lying, and not doing their part, or The Israelis do not care about the pressures of a departing administration and are working according to their agenda, waiting for President-elect Donald Trump to enter the White House. In both cases, things are not reassuring and cannot be Treat it lightly.

Informed sources told Al-Binaa that “Lebanese officials received assurances from American and French officials and the International Oversight Committee that they are pressuring Israel to stop violations of the ceasefire agreement, and that the Israeli army will not remain on Lebanese territory after the end of the truce, and may withdraw before The sixty-day period, and the reason for the Israeli decision to withdraw is the presence of an international decision to calm the southern front and the international fear of the collapse of the armistice agreement and a return to war, in addition to the fact that the Israeli government It wants to adhere to the desire of the new US President, Donald Trump, to stop the wars in the region before he officially assumes the presidency. The Israeli government also considers that it has achieved many of the goals of the war and can say to the Israeli inside that it has restored security to the north and the return of settlers to it. Any collapse of the agreement and a return to war will hinder Returning settlers and displacing more is what “Israel” cannot bear.” The sources put the increase in the pace of Israeli attacks on the south within the framework of exploiting the remaining period of the truce to inflict maximum destruction, especially in the villages adjacent to the border before complete withdrawal. The sources pointed out that the Israeli army may invoke several reasons and request an extension of the truce period in order to continue the attack on Lebanon. It may extend the truce unilaterally, but it cannot remain on Lebanese territory, knowing that Lebanon will not accept any request to extend the truce and is committed to withdrawing, stopping violations, and returning the displaced to their villages. And start reconstruction.”