Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): The US State Department announced on Thursday morning that Lebanon and the Zionist regime have agreed to a ceasefire agreement under the supervision of the United States after four rounds of indirect negotiations in Washington.
According to published reports, the fourth round of talks between representatives of the Lebanese government and the Zionist regime in Washington has ended and the two sides have reached an understanding on a framework for reducing tensions on Lebanon's southern borders.
According to the joint statement, the implementation of the ceasefire is conditional on the complete cessation of Hezbollah operations and activities and the withdrawal of forces affiliated with this movement from the areas south of the Litani River. The parties have also agreed to resume negotiations on June 22 to reach a more comprehensive agreement.
However, details released by Israeli officials show that the agreement is more than a temporary ceasefire and includes extensive concessions to the Zionist occupiers.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has announced that, based on the understandings reached, the occupying forces will remain in the area known as the "security belt" up to the yellow line and a demilitarized zone will be established south of the Litani River.
He also claimed that the Zionist regime, with the support and green light of the United States, will maintain complete freedom of action to carry out military attacks on Beirut and target Hezbollah-related infrastructure.
Katz expressed satisfaction with the results of the negotiations and stated that the created conditions could lead to a peace agreement between the Zionist regime and Lebanon in the future.
In contrast, these positions have been met with a decisive response from the Lebanese Hezbollah. Mahmoud Qamati, the deputy chairman of the Hezbollah political council, emphasized in an interview with Al Jazeera that the Lebanese resistance will never surrender to pressure from the United States and the Zionist regime.
He stated: “All efforts by the United States and Israel to impose their demands on the resistance will fail, and no party will be able to force Hezbollah to disarm or abandon its mission to defend Lebanon.”
Political observers believe that the provisions of this agreement, especially the preservation of the Zionist regime’s freedom of military action on Lebanese soil and the condition of limiting the resistance, could create serious challenges in the path of its implementation. They believe that any agreement that ignores Lebanon's sovereign rights or is designed to unilaterally secure the interests of the Zionist regime will face opposition from resistance movements and a significant portion of Lebanese public opinion.