US Envoy ‘Guarantees’ Lebanon Israel Will Pullout as Deadline Looms

From @jasonditz 

US Special Envoy Amos Hochstein has reportedly “guaranteed” to Lebanon that Israel will entirely withdraw from all of southern Lebanon by the 60-day deadline, as called for in the ceasefire ending the Israeli invasion in November.

Hochstein is said to have provided Lebanese officials with a schedule of Israeli pullouts, though that has not been made public. The ceasefire deadline is just two weeks away at this point though, and Israeli officials in the past week have been talking about ditching the ceasefire deal entirely.

Israel has withdrawn from a handful of towns and villages, though they have also seized additional villages deeper in southern Lebanon since the ceasefire began. The Israeli military continues to warn civilians against attempting to return to villages in the south.