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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Israel Seeks 30-Day Extension
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January 23, 2025</div>
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<div><font size="1">Israel has violated the ceasefire
agreement in Lebanon on several occasions. (Photo:
video grab)</font>
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<h3>There are 72 hours left for the Israeli army to
pull out from south Lebanon, according to a
ceasefire agreement reached last November between
Israel and Lebanon.</h3>
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<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked
US President Donald Trump for additional time for
Israel to maintain its military positions in south
Lebanon as a deadline approaches, according to Israeli
media.</p>
<p>“Israel has requested the U.S. for a 30-day
extension,” to the Israeli army’s “deadline for
withdrawing from southern Lebanon set in the
cease-fire agreement,” Haaretz reported, citing a
French diplomatic source.</p>
<p>The US, France, Lebanon and Israel are “are engaged
in intensive discussions on the issue,” the paper
noted, adding that according to the source, France
“will accept” any agreed outcome that guarantees the
ceasefire will continue.</p>
<h4>‘Permanent Truce’</h4>
<p>Under a ceasefire agreement reached last November
between Israel and Lebanon, the Israeli army is
required to pull out from southern Lebanon within 60
days. With just 72 hours left, the Anadolu news agency
reported, the time is fast approaching for Israel to
vacate all the territories it occupied during its
recent war against the Hezbollah movement.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Israel has reportedly requested
an additional 30 days from the US to ‘complete the
withdrawal of its troops’ from southern Lebanon,
according to Hebrew media, just days before the
60-day deadline outlined in the ceasefire agreement
with Lebanon.</p>
<p>According to Haaretz, a source… <a
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<p>— The Cradle (@TheCradleMedia) <a
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<p>“In four days, the ceasefire agreement in the north
is set to transition into a permanent truce – and the
Israeli army is scheduled to evacuate all forces from
southern Lebanon,” Israel’s Channel 13 reported,
according to Anadolu.</p>
<p>However, Netanyahu has asked the Trump administration
to agree to keep five Israeli military positions in
southern Lebanon, the broadcaster added.</p>
<p>Israel’s security cabinet is scheduled to convene on
Thursday to discuss the issue, the report added.</p>
<h4>Strategic Military Positions</h4>
<p>According to the channel, the request was submitted
in the past 24 hours by Netanyahu’s close ally,
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer.</p>
<p>The report cited senior Israeli officials who said
“the matter concerns five strategic military positions
that form a buffer zone between the residents of
northern Israel and the residents of southern
Lebanon.”</p>
<p>The justification included in Netanyahu’s request was
that “the agreement has not been fully implemented,
partly because the Lebanese army is deployed in the
area,” according to the report.</p>
<p>The channel emphasized that “there are a significant
number of officials in the Israeli security
establishment who, like Netanyahu, believe that they
should remain in southern Lebanon (even after the
60-day deadline) – but only with the approval of the
Trump administration.”</p>
<h4>Ceasefire Violations</h4>
<p>Meanwhile, the Israeli army committed eight ceasefire
violations in Lebanon on Wednesday, bringing the total
to 629 breaches since the agreement took effect on
November 27, reported Anadolu.</p>
<p>Israeli army forces burnt a house in southern Lebanon
on Thursday, in the latest violation of a ceasefire
agreement, the agency noted.</p>
<p>It cited the Lebanese state news agency NNA as having
reported that the house was set ablaze in the eastern
neighborhood of Qantara town in the Marjayoun
district.</p>
<p>It came after at least 11 Israeli violations of the
November 27, 2024 ceasefire agreement were reported on
Wednesday, bringing the total violations to 633 since
the deal came into force.</p>
<p>A fragile ceasefire has been in place, ending a
period of mutual shelling between Israel and the that
began on October 8, 2023, and escalated into
full-scale conflict on September 23, 2024.</p>
<p>Under the ceasefire agreement, the Israeli army must
complete its withdrawal from southern Lebanon within
the 60-day timeframe which ends in a few days.</p>
<p><em>(Anadolu, PC)</em></p>
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