U.S. President Donald Trump wants to see progress in the talks between Israel and Lebanon and is losing patience, according to a report on the Saudi Al Hadath channel on Saturday. If the talks do not advance, the channel said, the president may greenlight IDF action across the border.
Talks between Israeli and Lebanese military teams under the auspices of the United States and France began in Naqoura earlier this month and aim to reach an agreement on the Blue Line, marking the international border between the two countries.
2ג'וזף עאון, דונלד טראמפ, בנימין נתניהוג'וזף עאון, דונלד טראמפ, בנימין נתניהו
Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Joseph Aoun (Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP, J. Scott Applewhite/ AP, Paul Saad / Shutterstock)
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Israeli officials said they hoped the talks would lead to normalization of ties between Jerusalem and Beirut, a possibility that Lebanese President Joseph Aoun denied.
After the cease-fire agreement that ended the war with Hezbollah, Israel withdrew most of its forces but maintained a military presence in five strategic points in South Lebanon to prevent the return of Hezbollah terrorists to the area.
2דיווח באל-אחבאר הלבנוני על 2 תקיפות ישראליות באזור הכפר ג'נתא באזור אל-בקאע בלבנוןדיווח באל-אחבאר הלבנוני על 2 תקיפות ישראליות באזור הכפר ג'נתא באזור אל-בקאע בלבנון
IDF strikes Hezbollah weapons production and storage facilities in the Beqaa
The IDF has also continued to attack Hezbollah targets in the Beqaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, most recently targeting weapons production and storage facilities and along the Lebanese border with Syria to prevent the smuggling of arms to the terror group.