Lebanon today »Lebanon hopes from Ortigos to reassure it with the withdrawal of Israel on February 18

The visit of the American delegate remains a “southern par excellence”, and it will chair a meeting of the “five -year committee” supervising the implementation of the agreement held at the headquarters of the “United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Naqoura, to make an inspection tour, as” the Middle East “learned. It is accompanied by the Acting Army Commander, Chief of Staff, Major General Hassan Odeh, includes the sites where the Lebanese army is stationed in the towns south of Litani, from which the Israeli army withdrew, although he kept some of the corridors leading to it, and still occupies strategic locations in the western sector to prevent the people from returning to Their homes.

The Ortigos tour comes to the army’s deployment centers to ensure its readiness and willingness to expand its deployment with the support of “UNIFIL” to include the villages located in the eastern sector, especially since the continuation of the Israeli occupation of it remains the only obstacle to extending the state authority over all its lands in the south, with the exception of the Shebaa Farms and the occupied Kafr Farshbah Hills; Because it is not permissible for the army to be in the side of the Israeli army, which refuses to withdraw from it and reserves its control over a number of sites.

Official Lebanon hopes that the American delegate’s round will lead to the liberated part of the south of Litani, to reassure it that the withdrawal will be implemented on February 18th, based on its conviction of the army’s ability to support “UNIFIL” to expand its deployment to include the remainder of the towns. In this context, Lebanese official sources say that the withdrawal of Israel paves the way for the implementation of Resolution 1701 in all its levels. And assures Asharq Al -Awsat that “the army units deployed in the liberated towns south of Litani run the patrols written by the support of (UNIFIL) and cooperate with the head of the Supervisory Committee supervising the stabilization of the ceasefire, American General Gasper Jepers.” She pointed out that “the army units did not hesitate to put the hand on the military construction of (Hezbollah),” and says that it “applied their control over a number of tunnels, and some of them were not used by the (party) fighters.” Its commitment to the professionalism of what was stipulated in Resolution 1701 stipulates that “the inventory of weapons in the south of the Litani in the Lebanese state, and it cooperates with the American general and is carrying out sites that (the party) occupied and confiscated its stock of heavy weapons and missiles.” The sources ask: “If Israel is invoking; To justify her lack of withdrawal until the hour of southern Litani, with the presence of military structures and tunnels for (the party), why do you not initiate the media of the American general with its information that requires his cooperation with the Lebanese army units to put hand and confiscate them?
The sources say that the Lebanese fears of Israel refrain from completing its withdrawal from the south will be attended in Ortagus’s meetings with the heads of the Republic: General Joseph Aoun, the parliament Nabih Berri, the business drain government, Naguib Mikati, and the one who is charged with forming the government, Judge Nawaf Salam, and confirms that “their fears are legitimate, and this is What explains President Aoun’s request from the French ambassador, Herve Macrao, to put Paris to Israel to compel her to withdraw from the south as soon as the remedies of the first extension of the truce ended.

The sources add that «the presidents will ask them to intervene with Tel Aviv to stop their breaches and continue to be cloud and destroy the homes, even though Lebanon is committed to the armistice agreement in its entirety, and that (Hezbollah) refrains from responding to the violations, although its leadership threatens from time to time that its patience began to run out; But she distances herself from the response. ” She asks: «How long will Tel Aviv continue to implement (1701) in its way, and impose a ceasefire with fire, and tries to lure (the party) to enter a confrontation with it, although he is still on his commitment to not providing excuses for it to continue to transform it the largest part of the south by burnt ground It is not suitable for housing. ”

In response to a question, the sources exclude that the formation of the government will occupy a major space in Ortagus’s meetings with the presidents, and says that its eating can come from the point of view of the sources affirming that its ministerial statement will not mention the trilogy of the “army, the people and the resistance”, as Hezbollah demands, ” Insisting with the government to pass a message to the international community confirming its commitment to implementing Resolution (1701), which provides for the restriction of weapons in the hands of the state; Which contradicts the (trilogy) that combines the legal weapon and its opposite under one roof, and it remains for Israel to give the opportunity to apply it to its full withdrawal.

The question remains: Will Ortigos carry with her what calls for reassurance that the Israeli withdrawal is on time, or will it seek in advance to create the climate that provides Israel excuses, if it requests the supervision committee a second extension of the truce under the pretext that it needs more time to destroy the remaining structure Military and tunnels for Hezbollah, which is an concern for the presidents and for fear that the extension will lead to the return of the first square in a way that allows parties to enter the line on the pretext of confronting the occupation after the decline in the chances of a diplomatic solution to the south?