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Shafaq News- Beirut<\/p>\n
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam
\non Wednesday described any potential meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
\nNetanyahu as \u201cpremature,\u201d as preparations continue for a new round of direct
\nLebanese-Israeli talks expected next week in Washington.<\/p>\n
Speaking to reporters, Salam
\nstressed that any high-level contact with Israel would require extensive
\npreparation, while reiterating that Lebanon is seeking \u201cpeace, not
\nnormalization.\u201d<\/p>\n
While noting that consolidating the Meanwhile, Lebanese broadcaster LBCI, According to the outlet, Moawad has Despite the ceasefire, Israeli Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz
\nApril 17 ceasefire would form the basis for any upcoming negotiations, Salam
\noutlined Beirut\u2019s minimum demands, including a timetable for Israel\u2019s
\nwithdrawal from Lebanese territory, and indicated that authorities would move
\nforward with a plan to place all weapons under state control \u2014primarily
\nreferring to Hezbollah, which has framed<\/a> its daily operations against the
\nIsraeli army as a response to repeated ceasefire violations and deadly strikes.<\/p>\n
\nciting sources, reported that a third round of direct talks at the US State
\nDepartment would span two consecutive days \u2014either Wednesday and Thursday or Thursday and Friday\u2014
\nand include former Lebanese Ambassador to the United States Simon Karam, current
\nAmbassador Nada Hamadeh Moawad, Consul Wissam Botros, and a representative of
\nthe Lebanese Armed Forces.<\/p>\n
\nheld continuous coordination meetings with aides to US Secretary of State Marco
\nRubio in preparation for the negotiations.<\/p>\n
\nstrikes have continued across southern and eastern Lebanon. The UN refugee
\nagency described the situation as \u201cdeeply fragile,\u201d reporting at least 380 deaths
\nsince the truce took effect. Since hostilities resumed on March 2, Israeli
\nattacks on Lebanon have killed 2,702 people and wounded 8,311 others, including
\nwomen and children, according to the Health Ministry. <\/p>\n
\ndescribed the military approach in Lebanon as modeled on operations in Gaza,
\ninvolving large-scale destruction.<\/p>\n