More important development,
In Gaza now operates a few "Palestinian" groups who are backed by Israel and anti-Hamas.
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and other Related Conflicts in the Middle East (read the rules in the first post)
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More important development,
In Gaza now operates a few "Palestinian" groups who are backed by Israel and anti-Hamas.
Interesting that Israel targetted the Lebanese Maronites considering this latter group was more pro-Israel than probably anybody else in the region, and once upon a time (in 1982), these Maronites, with the aid of IDF, killed thousands of Muslim refugees and locals in the Sabra and Shatila Massacre.
Maronite are a type of Catholic, composed of local Lebanese, and generally, very anti-Palestine.
Israel Redraws the Roadmap for Peace with Lebanon.
Negotiations between Israel and Lebanon began at the U.S. State Department, with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio serving as mediator.
Lebanon seeks an immediate ceasefire and to address the humanitarian crisis, while Israel focuses the talks on the disarmament of Hezbollah and moving toward peaceful relations (normalization), without accepting a prior ceasefire with the group.
To this end, Israel has proposed a peace plan that will consist of establishing three zones in Lebanon.
A: An 8-km buffer zone (Pink) within Lebanese territory involving the destruction and demolition of civilian infrastructure (which is being carried out nowadays) and Hezbollah strongholds. This buffer zone will extend from the coast to the summit of Mount Hermon, in line with the new buffer zone created in Syrian territory. This zone will be permanently occupied, with no guarantees of civilian return, in order to “protect Israeli settlements in the north.”
B: Area south of Litani (Yellow): Area of Israeli operations to dismantle Hezbollah, with a temporary occupation until “the end of operations”
C: The rest of Lebanon. The Lebanese Armed Forces will be responsible for dismantling Hezbollah’s remaining positions (north of the Litani River, in the Bekaa Valley, along the eastern border, and south of Beirut) with the support of Israel and the United States.
Israel has declared that there will be no full withdrawal until Hezbollah is eliminated, setting a precedent for indefinitely occupying the area south of the Litani River, which Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Yoel Smotrich had previously referred to as part of the territory of Greater Israel.
Negotiations between Israel and Lebanon began at the U.S. State Department, with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio serving as mediator.
Lebanon seeks an immediate ceasefire and to address the humanitarian crisis, while Israel focuses the talks on the disarmament of Hezbollah and moving toward peaceful relations (normalization), without accepting a prior ceasefire with the group.
To this end, Israel has proposed a peace plan that will consist of establishing three zones in Lebanon.
A: An 8-km buffer zone (Pink) within Lebanese territory involving the destruction and demolition of civilian infrastructure (which is being carried out nowadays) and Hezbollah strongholds. This buffer zone will extend from the coast to the summit of Mount Hermon, in line with the new buffer zone created in Syrian territory. This zone will be permanently occupied, with no guarantees of civilian return, in order to “protect Israeli settlements in the north.”
B: Area south of Litani (Yellow): Area of Israeli operations to dismantle Hezbollah, with a temporary occupation until “the end of operations”
C: The rest of Lebanon. The Lebanese Armed Forces will be responsible for dismantling Hezbollah’s remaining positions (north of the Litani River, in the Bekaa Valley, along the eastern border, and south of Beirut) with the support of Israel and the United States.
Israel has declared that there will be no full withdrawal until Hezbollah is eliminated, setting a precedent for indefinitely occupying the area south of the Litani River, which Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Yoel Smotrich had previously referred to as part of the territory of Greater Israel.
Al-Qassam Brigades dropping bombs on IDF via drones,
Aren't these old?