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"It is in no ones interest — not Israel's, not the region's, not the world's — for this conflict to spread beyond Gaza."

Hezbollah has signalled it "is willing to go all the way" toward a final border settlement if there's a Gaza cease-fire.

"I am doing my duty to prevent Lebanon from entering the war."

"We were not interested in a conflict. But if Hezbollah does start one, it will finish on Israel's terms."

"I don't know when the war in the north [will happen]. I can tell you that the likelihood of it happening in the coming months is much higher than it was in the past."

"The situation on Israel's northern border demands change... [t]he stopwatch for a diplomatic solution is running out."

"We are shifting from being passive to actively pursuing Hezbollah."

"Netanyahu clearly wants war [with Hezbollah]."

"It is likely that there is going to be a war between Hezbollah and Israel within the next six to eight months."

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Civilian representatives from Israel and Lebanon participated in a meeting of the international mechanism overseeing the ceasefire agreement between the two countries for the first time on Wednesday in Naqoura, southern Lebanon, with former Lebanese ambassador to the US Simon Karam and Israeli National Security Council official Uri Resnick attending alongside US envoy Morgan Ortagus.

Civilian representatives from Israel and Lebanon participated in a meeting of the international mechanism overseeing the ceasefire agreement between the two countries for the first time on Wednesday in Naqoura, southern Lebanon, with former Lebanese ambassador to the US Simon Karam and Israeli National Security Council official Uri Resnick attending alongside US envoy Morgan Ortagus.

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam stated that Lebanon is not engaged in peace talks with Israel and remains committed to the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, which conditions normalization of diplomatic relations on the creation of a Palestinian state, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office described the meeting as an initial attempt to establish economic cooperation between the two countries.

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam stated that Lebanon is not engaged in peace talks with Israel and remains committed to the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, which conditions normalization of diplomatic relations on the creation of a Palestinian state, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office described the meeting as an initial attempt to establish economic cooperation between the two countries.

The meeting took place under a ceasefire monitoring mechanism established after the November 2024 truce that ended over a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, with the committee previously composed only of military representatives from Lebanon, the US, France, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

The meeting took place under a ceasefire monitoring mechanism established after the November 2024 truce that ended over a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, with the committee previously composed only of military representatives from Lebanon, the US, France, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Israeli officials presented US envoy Morgan Ortagus with evidence asserting that Hezbollah continues to rearm in southern Lebanon and warned that the Lebanese army is unable to prevent the group's violations, while Lebanon has denounced Israeli strikes and demanded withdrawal from five outposts inside Lebanese territory.

Israeli officials presented US envoy Morgan Ortagus with evidence asserting that Hezbollah continues to rearm in southern Lebanon and warned that the Lebanese army is unable to prevent the group's violations, while Lebanon has denounced Israeli strikes and demanded withdrawal from five outposts inside Lebanese territory.

Salam said Lebanon is open to verification by US and French forces regarding Hezbollah weapons depots in the south and emphasized that the first phase of consolidating all weapons under state authority cannot be completed without Israeli withdrawal from occupied Lebanese territories including Shebaa Farms and Kfar Chouba hills.

Salam said Lebanon is open to verification by US and French forces regarding Hezbollah weapons depots in the south and emphasized that the first phase of consolidating all weapons under state authority cannot be completed without Israeli withdrawal from occupied Lebanese territories including Shebaa Farms and Kfar Chouba hills.

Israel has conducted approximately 1,200 targeted activities during the ceasefire period and continues to occupy five strategic border posts in southern Lebanon, while the Lebanese government approved a plan requiring the Lebanese army to dismantle Hezbollah's military infrastructure south of the Litani River by the end of the year.

Israel has conducted approximately 1,200 targeted activities during the ceasefire period and continues to occupy five strategic border posts in southern Lebanon, while the Lebanese government approved a plan requiring the Lebanese army to dismantle Hezbollah's military infrastructure south of the Litani River by the end of the year.

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