Lebanon and Israel Sign US-Brokered Framework Linking Israeli Withdrawal to Hezbollah Disarmament

June 26, 2026 — Beirut and Tel Aviv signed a Washington-brokered framework, following preparatory talks in Rome (June 14-15), linking a phased Israeli withdrawal from occupied Lebanese territory to Lebanese Armed Forces deployment and third-party-verified Hezbollah disarmament. The framework built on the conditional ceasefire agreed at the earlier Washington Round 4 talks and set the stage for further verification-country negotiations over subsequent months, even as Hezbollah continued to publicly reject disarmament terms.