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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Netanyahu suggests Israel might not complete its withdrawal from Lebanon by a ceasefire deadline

Israel Lebanon - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Friday that Israel might not withdraw all of its forces from Lebanon by a deadline set in its ceasefire with Hezbollah.

Under the deal reached in November, Israel is supposed to complete its withdrawal from the country by Sunday. Hezbollah militants are due to pull back to the north of the Litani River, and the Lebanese armed forces would patrol the buffer zone in southern Lebanon alongside U.N. peacekeepers.

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