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Shafaq News- Beirut
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun defended the
US-mediated security framework with Israel on Sunday, stressing that he
remained open to any alternative capable of sparing Lebanon from further wars.
“I am not enamored with Israel, but give me another
solution to pursue, whatever it may be,” Aoun said during a meeting with
journalists. He also argued that comparisons with the 1983 May 17 Agreement with
Tel Aviv were misplaced because “today’s circumstances are different.”
The US-brokered proposal, unveiled on June 26,
outlines a phased Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon in exchange for the
deployment of the Lebanese Army and the disarmament of armed groups. Hezbollah
and several political factions have opposed the plan, while Israel maintains
that any pullout remains conditional on Hezbollah’s disarmament. A leaked
security annex would also preserve Israeli operational freedom in southern
Lebanon without a fixed withdrawal schedule.
Read more: South Lebanon framework: What we know so far
Lebanese media, meanwhile, reported continued Israeli
military activity across southern Lebanon on Sunday, with artillery shelling striking
Deir Seryan in Marjayoun district as drones flew at low altitude over Beirut
and its southern suburbs.
A day earlier, an Israeli drone hit a house in
Al-Mansouri in Tyre district, injuring one civilian. An Apache helicopter fired
five missiles toward Majdal Zoun in the same district, while Israeli forces
demolished structures in Tallouseh in Marjayoun district.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry put the cumulative toll from
the war between March 2 and July 4 at 4,303 dead and 12,202 wounded, including
women and children.
Read more: How Lebanon’s fragmented power blocks a peace with Israel