The committee for monitoring the ceasefire in Lebanon met today (Monday) for the first time in Naqoura Lebanon, along the northern border with Israel, according to LBCI International.
Representatives of the United States, France, UNIFIL, the Lebanese Army, and the IDF convened in order to coordinate support for the ceasefire.
The US Embassy in Beirut said that the committee, hosted by UNIFIL and chaired by the US, "will meet regularly and coordinate closely to advance implementation of the ceasefire agreement and UNSCR 1701."
The IDF continues to work to destroy any remaining Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in the parts of southern Lebanon it controls, including terror tunnels. An effort to destroy one such tunnel tragically and accidentally led to the deaths of four IDF soldiers.
While the Lebanese Army is meant to play the key role in ensuring that south Lebanon remains thoroughly demilitarized, much of the army is now deployed in the north to prevent Lebanon from being flooded by refugees or penetrated by any number of terrorist groups, now that the Assad regime has fallen.
A western source familiar with the Lebanese Army also said that the army was unlikely to directly clash with Hezbollah in enforcing the ceasefire, as this would lead to another civil war. Lebanon is making an effort to recruit new soldiers to beef up the army's presence in the south.
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