• Israeli strikes continue in southern Lebanon despite truce• Visiting US lawmaker Ro Khanna detained by armed Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank
BEIRUT/ TURMUS AYYA: A US military delegation met with Lebanon’s army in Beirut to discuss the implementation of Israel’s withdrawal from a “pilot zone” in occupied territory, a Lebanese military official told AFP on Saturday.
Meanwhile, US Democratic lawmaker Ro Khanna said he was detained by Israeli settlers armed with US-made rifles during a West Bank visit this week.
Under a framework agreement reached on June 26, Israel will gradually withdraw from areas of southern Lebanon where it has deployed troops to fight Hezbollah.
As part of the agreement, the long-disempowered Lebanese military will take full control of two small areas dubbed pilot zones.
