Strategic Hills in Lebanon - The Daily Star Lebanon

US says Israel to withdraw in 15 days, retains strategic hills

January 9, 2025 0

According to al-Akhbar newspaper, U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein announced during the most recent ceasefire monitoring committee meeting that Israel would withdraw from south Lebanon’s western, central, and eastern sectors within 15 days. The committee’s co-chair, U.S. General Jasper Jeffers, also approved an Israeli plan to maintain control over three strategic hills within Lebanese territory. Sources familiar with the plan revealed …