WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed a newly signed, U.S.-mediated trilateral framework agreement between Israel, Lebanon, and the United States as a historic turning point that fundamentally breaks Iran’s regional terror and political axes. The deal, finalized in Washington following intensive diplomatic rounds, outlines a phased security deployment by the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to dismantle Hezbollah's military infrastructure south of the Litani River. However, Netanyahu explicitly confirmed that Israel will not withdraw from its designated 10-kilometer "security zone," which extends across approximately 8 percent of southern Lebanese territory, citing vital cross-border defense interests backed by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. While Netanyahu praised the Lebanese government's multi-sectarian political courage in sidelining Tehran-backed factions, Hezbollah leadership immediately rejected the framework as a humiliation, warning that any enforced attempts at disarmament risk plunging Lebanon into a domestic civil conflict.

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