{"id":5477,"date":"2026-07-02T17:35:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T17:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=5477"},"modified":"2026-07-02T17:35:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T17:35:42","slug":"lebanese-president-rejects-any-territorial-concessions-to-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=5477","title":{"rendered":"Lebanese President Rejects Any Territorial Concessions to Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BEIRUT: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun defended on Thursday negotiations with Israel, saying they were not a betrayal and he would not surrender \u201ca single inch of Lebanon\u2019s territory,\u201d according to the presidency.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday that the Israeli army would remain \u201cuntil further notice\u201d in what it describes as \u201csecurity zones\u201d in Lebanon, Syria and the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lebanon signed last week a US-backed framework agreement with Israel with the aim of securing peace between the two countries &#8212; a move that has been met with major protest from Iran-backed Hezbollah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Negotiations with Israel are not \u201ctreason but a diplomatic war without unnecessary bloodshed,\u201d Aoun said on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest war erupted on March 2 when Hezbollah launched missiles at Israel in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes that killed Iran\u2019s supreme leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel responded with airstrikes and a ground invasion that have killed more than 4,200 people in Lebanon, according to the authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lebanese president said that Beirut has decided to engage in talks \u201cto guarantee Israel\u2019s withdrawal from its territory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will not yield a single inch of Lebanese territory,\u201d Aoun declared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The framework agreement envisions the Lebanese army gradually establishing its authority over south Lebanon as Hezbollah disarms and Israel withdraws, but does not set a timeline for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The process will be detailed in a security annex, the contents of which have not been made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on a visit to the so-called \u201csecurity zone\u201d in south Lebanon on Tuesday, reaffirmed that forces would remain there so long as Hezbollah remained a threat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIRUT: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun defended on Thursday negotiations with Israel, saying they were not a betrayal and he would not surrender \u201ca single inch of Lebanon\u2019s territory,\u201d according to&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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