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Shafaq News- Beirut<\/p>\n
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun defended the
\nUS-mediated security framework with Israel on Sunday, stressing that he
\nremained open to any alternative capable of sparing Lebanon from further wars.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am not enamored with Israel, but give me another
\nsolution to pursue, whatever it may be,\u201d Aoun said during a meeting with
\njournalists. He also argued that comparisons with the 1983 May 17 Agreement with
\nTel Aviv were misplaced because \u201ctoday’s circumstances are different.\u201d<\/p>\n
The US-brokered proposal, unveiled on June 26, Read more: South Lebanon framework: What we know so far<\/a><\/p>\n Lebanese media, meanwhile, reported continued Israeli A day earlier, an Israeli drone hit a house in Lebanon’s Health Ministry put the cumulative toll from
\noutlines a phased Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon in exchange for the
\ndeployment of the Lebanese Army and the disarmament of armed groups. Hezbollah
\nand several political factions have opposed<\/a> the plan, while Israel maintains
\nthat any pullout remains conditional on Hezbollah’s disarmament. A leaked
\nsecurity annex would also preserve Israeli operational freedom in southern
\nLebanon without a fixed withdrawal schedule.<\/p>\n
\nmilitary activity across southern Lebanon on Sunday, with artillery shelling striking
\nDeir Seryan in Marjayoun district as drones flew at low altitude over Beirut
\nand its southern suburbs.<\/p>\n
\nAl-Mansouri in Tyre district, injuring one civilian. An Apache helicopter fired
\nfive missiles toward Majdal Zoun<\/a> in the same district, while Israeli forces
\ndemolished structures in Tallouseh in Marjayoun district.<\/p>\n
\nthe war between March 2 and July 4 at 4,303 dead and 12,202 wounded, including
\nwomen and children.<\/p>\n