Visiting US envoy Amos Hochstein said Israeli forces began withdrawing from a south Lebanon border town on January 6. It is the second such pullout since a November 27 ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. Hochstein said the Israeli military had started its withdrawal from Naqoura, which lies south of the blue line.The withdrawal came after UN peacekeepers and Lebanon's PM late last month called on Israel to speed up its withdrawal from Lebanon's south. Biden’s envoy added "These withdrawals will continue until all Israeli forces are out of Lebanon completely”Hochstein said that the “Lebanese army continues to deploy into the south and all the way to the Blue Line.” n18oc_world n18oc_crux0:00 INTRODUCTION2:52 LEBANESE PM REJECTS ANY ‘EXTENSION OF CEASEFIRE DEADLINE’4:40 LEBANESE ARMY UNITS DEPLOYED TO NAQOURA5:58 US ENVOY CONFIDENT ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH TRUCE GOING AS PER PLAN7:18 US SHIFTS MILITARY AID FROM EGYPT TO LEBANON
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