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Israel, Lebanon, and U.S. Sign Trilateral Framework Agreement in Washington

Israel, Lebanon, and U.S. Sign Trilateral Framework Agreement in Washington

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Following five rounds of negotiations, an agreement was reached to end hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The deal establishes a pilot program that permits Lebanese troops to assume control of two Israeli‑occupied sites and outlines a process for disarming Hezbollah.

Donald Trump
Republican Party
1. They could do a much better job with Hezbollah on that. I don't think they're doing well. And I feel very bad for Lebanon.
2. You don't have to knock down a building every time somebody walks into it that's from Hezbollah.
Marco Rubio
Republican Party
1. The people of Lebanon and Israel deserve to live in peace and security, but have long suffered from conflict. What they deserve is what they once had — a prosperous and peaceful country. We believe today is the first step in that journey.
2. This agreement establishes a clear and structured process to restore Lebanon's sovereignty, disarm Hezbollah and dismantle its terrorist infrastructure, and enable Israel to return to its borders once that threat to its citizens is removed.
3. This is not what the people of Lebanon want, and that's not what they deserve.
4. The people of Lebanon have suffered tremendously now for decades as a result of outside interference in their affairs, of countries trying to use the country as a launchpad for attacks.
5. Today is the beginning of the beginning. There's a lot of work ahead. We don't, in any way, underestimate the difficulty of the task ahead. But we understand the importance of it, how vital it is. And we are honoured to play a part in bringing this together.
Yechiel Leiter
Israeli Embassy
1. The final destination of the framework is peace between the two countries. Real peace, where both countries will live in security, where Israel's and Lebanon's sovereignty will be respected, honoured and protected. In this performance-based trilateral framework agreement, Iran is out. Hezbollah is out. And the road to peace between Israel and Lebanon is in.
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Government
1. Iran is trying to force us into a withdrawal by force from southern Lebanon. And in effect, Israel, Lebanon, and the United States are telling them — this is none of your business.
2. The first is entirely outside the security zone and south of the Litani River. The second is north of the Litani.
3. We are establishing two pilot zones, both based on the recommendation of the IDF.
4. This is a major achievement, and we will maintain it as long as Hezbollah has not been disarmed and as long as it continues to pose a threat to the state of Israel.
5. The most important thing, first and foremost, is that Israel will remain in the security zone in southern Lebanon.
6. The most important thing is, first of all, that Israel remains in the security zone in southern Lebanon. This is a major achievement, and we will maintain it as long as Hezbollah has not disarmed.
Hassan Fadlallah
Hezbollah
1. Lebanese authorities will be unable to impose the implementation of the agreement signed in Washington unless they go, with American support, to civil war.
2. The course being pursued by the Lebanese authorities amounts to unilateral, gratuitous concessions that will only undermine the country and serve the interests of the Israeli enemy.
Nada Hamadeh Moawad
Lebanese Embassy
1. The trilateral framework we sign today is a first step on the road to restoring Lebanese sovereignty and territorial integrity, securing a permanent and final cessation of hostilities, enabling our people to go back to their land and allowing all Lebanese to live in peace, security, and prosperity.

Israel, Lebanon, and U.S. Sign Trilateral Framework Agreement in Washington

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