The United States, Israel, and Lebanon reached a ceasefire framework during a fourth round of trilateral negotiations in Washington on June 2-3, 2026. The deal establishes pilot security zones under the exclusive control of the Lebanese Armed Forces and sets a hard condition: Hezbollah must stop all attacks and withdraw its operatives from south of the Litani River.
Hezbollah has not formally endorsed the framework, which means the entire architecture of this agreement rests on the compliance of a party that wasn’t at the table.
What the framework actually says
The joint statement emerging from Washington outlines several concrete provisions. Pilot security zones will be established in southern Lebanon, and these areas will fall under the sole jurisdiction of the Lebanese Armed Forces. No non-state armed groups will be permitted to operate in these zones.
The framework explicitly references UN Security Council Resolution 1701. That resolution, originally adopted in 2006, called for Hezbollah’s disarmament and the deployment of LAF and UN peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon.
