Current sectionMiddle East NewsLebanon News The text of the agreement signed on Friday includes setting up two 'pilot zones' in southern Lebanon where the Lebanese army would assume full security responsibility. One of the zones appears to require Israeli withdrawalShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe11:36 AM • June 27 2026 IDTIsraeli forces would only withdraw from southern Lebanon areas where the Lebanese military has proved that it disarmed Hezbollah and dismantled its infrastructure under an agreement signed by Israeli and Lebanese officials in Washington on Friday, according to the the deal's text released on Saturday.CommentsIn the NewsIsrael to Withdraw From Lebanon Only After Hezbollah Disarmed, Deal SaysSix, Including Five Minors, Indicted Over West Bank Arson AttackHezbollah Slams Israel-Lebanon Agreement as 'Gift to Enemy,' Warns of Civil WarU.S. Says It Struck Iran in Retaliation for Prior Iranian Attack in HormuzSettlers, IDF Raid Hebron Mosque in West Bank, Palestinians ReportRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIAs the World Watched Gaza, Israeli Settlers Charged Ahead in the West Bank. A Clash Is ImminentWhere Does Andy Burnham Stand on Israel and Palestine?The IDF's Russian Roulette in Lebanon Continues – and No One Can Explain WhyTrump's Threats to 'Blow the Shit' Out of Iran Strain First Round of Truce TalksDonald Trump Has Fulfilled My Dream: For Israel to Pay for Its ActionsIsrael, the Country We Love, the Country We're Ashamed Of