Israeli-Lebanese agreements 20260717

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Summary of developments regarding ceasefire agreements between the Israelis and the Lebanese government: July 17, 2026.

Includes: Germany proposes replacing UN mission; Hezbollah warns government;

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Lebanese gov’t ‘taking country to very dangerous place’, says Hezbollah MP Ali Fayyad, a senior Hezbollah member of parliament in Lebanon, has attacked the Lebanese delegation negotiating with Israel, saying Beirut is continuing negotiations “as if nothing has happened”, referring to Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon. “It seems clear that this authority has abandoned its people, and it is indifferent to their suffering and the extent of the crimes committed against them by the Israelis,” Fayyad said in a statement quoted by the country’s National News Agency. “The Lebanese authority seems determined to take the country to a very dangerous place, where it will not regain the land or restore sovereignty, and at the same time lose internal stability and the unity of the Lebanese,” said Fayyad.
Germany proposes replacing UN mission with EU forces in Lebanon German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has proposed replacing the expiring UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon with an EU-mandated force, he told the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland. “We should examine in the EU whether we can ensure that no security vacuum arises with a European mandate following the UNIFIL ⁠mission,” Wadephul said in an interview published today. The UNIFIL mission expires on December 31, 2026. An EU-mandated force could “create the ⁠conditions for the Israeli army to withdraw without Hezbollah returning with its terror,” the minister added.
Israel destroys two buildings in southern Lebanon Israeli forces have destroyed two buildings in southern Lebanon, according to Iran’s Tasnim news agency. Local sources told the news agency that the buildings were bombed by occupying Israeli forces in the town of Kfar Tibnit.