Why Israel is unlikely to withdraw from Lebanon

The Israeli army on Friday announced that it had taken control of the Ali Al-Taher ridge, Hezbollah’s last stronghold in the south of Lebanon. The group’s operations have been almost nonexistent recently. As stipulated by the Lebanon-Israel framework agreement, Tel Aviv should hand over the areas it occupies to the Lebanese army once they have been cleared of Hezbollah and other nonstate actors. The million-dollar question is: Will Israel comply? While the agreement instructs an Israeli withdra

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