Thu 04 June 2026:
Lebanese army soldiers began entering the southern town of Dibbine on Thursday following the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the area, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency.
NNA reported that Lebanese army units moved into the town in the Marjayoun district shortly after Israeli forces pulled out.
The deployment comes after days of military escalation, artillery shelling, and demolition operations that affected the town and its surroundings, the agency said.
The move came a day after Lebanon and Israel agreed to renew their fragile ceasefire and establish “pilot zones,” placing the Lebanese army in exclusive territorial control, with all non-state actors excluded.
The agreement was announced in a joint statement released following a fourth round of US-mediated talks held at the State Department on Wednesday.
The US-sponsored talks followed weeks of near-daily Israeli strikes on Lebanon that have killed more than 3,500 people since March 2, despite a ceasefire that took effect on April 17 and was later extended until early July.
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Israeli envoy says ceasefire in Lebanon contingent on ‘complete dismantling of Hezbollah’
Israel’s ambassador to Washington, Yechiel Leiter, took to X after the US State Department released a statement on a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.
Leiter described the US-brokered talks as “another important step in the process to facilitate peace between Israel and Lebanon”, but he said that the deal is contingent on the end of Hezbollah.
“This ceasefire is entirely contingent on a complete cessation of fire towards Israel, and the complete dismantling of Hezbollah,” he said.
Oil prices ease as report of Israel-Lebanon ceasefire sparks hope
Oil prices have fallen as news of the strengthening of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon fuelled optimism for a wider diplomatic breakthrough to end the US-Israel war on Iran.
Brent crude futures slipped 67 cents, or 0.69 percent, to trade at $97.14 per barrel as of 00:15 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures declined by 62 cents, or 0.65 percent, to $95.40 per barrel.
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