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        "id": 1822354,
        "msgid": "israel-refuses-to-withdraw-troops-from-lebanon-claims-us-backing-1782330626",
        "date": "2026-06-25 02:15:47",
        "title": "Israel Refuses to Withdraw Troops from Lebanon, Claims US Backing",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has declared that Israel will not withdraw its forces from southern Lebanon under any circumstances, asserting that the United States supports this stance. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reinforced the position, vowing to maintain a security zone as long as necessary. The development complicates US-mediated talks between Israel and Lebanon aimed at disarming Hezbollah and securing an Israeli pullout.",
        "content": "<p>Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has stated there are no plans to\nwithdraw Israeli troops from Lebanon, claiming the decision has received\nbacking from the United States. \u201cWe have announced that under no\ncircumstances will we withdraw and, to date \u2013 and this is a diplomatic\nachievement \u2013 there has been no American demand for Israel to withdraw\nfrom Lebanon,\u201d Katz said in a speech in Tel Aviv, as reported by AFP.\nWhen asked whether Israel would comply with a US request if one were\nmade, Katz said he had informed US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, and\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had told US President Donald Trump,\nabout the rationale for stationing Israeli forces in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the same conference, Netanyahu reiterated that the\nIsraeli military is not expected to pull out. \u201cAs long as I serve as\nPrime Minister, we will maintain a security zone in southern Lebanon \u2013\nfor as long as necessary,\u201d he said, adding that the military is\ncurrently dismantling all Hezbollah infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has rejected Israel\u2019s occupation of\nsouthern Lebanese territory and foreign interference in his country\u2019s\naffairs, a statement also seen as a rebuke of Iran, Hezbollah\u2019s backer.\nTehran has reaffirmed that peace in Lebanon is a fundamental pillar for\nreaching a definitive agreement with the US to end the wider Middle East\nwar. Washington and Tehran signed a memorandum of understanding last\nweek aimed at achieving a permanent settlement between the two nations,\nfollowing the war launched by the US and Israel against Iran on 28\nFebruary.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah dragged Lebanon into the Middle East war on 2 March with\nrocket attacks on Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran\u2019s\nsupreme leader in US and Israeli strikes. Israel responded with aerial\nbombardments and a ground assault that Lebanon says has killed more than\n4,100 people, leading to the occupation of a 10-kilometre security zone\nin southern Lebanon along the border with Israel. Israel and Lebanon are\ncurrently engaged in a round of US-mediated talks in Washington seeking\na diplomatic solution to the conflict and the disarmament of Hezbollah\nalongside the withdrawal of Israeli forces.<\/p>",
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