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  • 20 Jan 2025 14:59
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Lebanese MP Ali Fayyad warns that any delay in the Israeli withdrawal, or the inability to secure the safe return of residents to 52 border towns, would “threaten Lebanon’s recovery, stability, and broader state reform efforts".”

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Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Ali Fayyad emphasized the significance of January 26 as the deadline for "Israel's" complete withdrawal from Lebanese territory, as stipulated in the ceasefire agreement.

He warned that any failure by "Israel" to meet this obligation would undermine the agreement's implementation process, weaken its established mechanisms, and compromise the international community's role in overseeing the deal.

Fayyad made his remarks during a Hezbollah-organized ceremony on Monday in Nabatiyeh, held to honor the martyrs of the town of al-Taybeh. 

Furthermore, Fayyad emphasized that any failure to meet the withdrawal deadline would usher Lebanon into a new phase requiring “a recalibration of strategies aimed at confronting the Israeli occupation through all available means and methods to reclaim our land.”

“This confrontation is a shared responsibility that involves the Lebanese government, army, people, political parties, and the Resistance,” Fayad stressed.

He noted that some may choose to distance themselves from the cause, seemingly indifferent to the importance of Lebanon’s sacred southern lands.

Fayyad also warned that any delay in the Israeli withdrawal, or the inability to secure the safe return of residents to the 52 border towns, would “threaten Lebanon’s recovery, stability, and broader state reform efforts.”

“We are waiting for this day with great anticipation, caution, and vigilance,” he reiterated.

“Any remaining Israeli presence, even on a single inch of the territory entered during this war, will be treated as a blatant breach of the agreement and a clear indication of the international community’s failure to honor its commitments,” Fayad concluded. 

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The Israeli occupation continues to breach the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon, with its forces abducting three farmers working in fields between al-Wazzani and Ain Arab, near the border with occupied Palestine.

A Lebanese army unit, comprising seven armored vehicles, retreated from its planned entry into the town of Taloussa after encountering an earthen berm and discovering that occupation forces had advanced into the town on Monday.

"قوات تابعة لـ"اليونيفيل" تقترب من دبابة إسرائيلية متمركزة في وادي السلوقي"

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— الميادين لبنان (@mayadeenlebanon) January 20, 2025

Al Mayadeen's correspondent in southern Lebanon reported that a Merkava tank blocked the Wadi al-Saluqi road leading to Taloussa and Bani Hayyan and raised the earthen barrier.

The occupation also targeted the al-Sadana area in the Shebaa Heights through artillery shelling, as our correspondent reported.

This development coincides with the Lebanese army's ongoing deployment in the towns of Ain Ebel, Debel, and Rmeish in the western sector of southern Lebanon, as well as the towns of Bint Jbeil and Ainatha in the central sector, following the withdrawal of the Israeli occupation forces.

On the political front, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun urged the occupation to withdraw from southern Lebanon by January 26, the deadline for implementing the terms of the ceasefire agreed upon in November 2024, warning against ongoing violations.

This statement was made on Saturday during President Aoun's meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking from the Lebanese presidential palace on Friday, emphasized the necessity of the complete withdrawal of the Israeli occupation forces. 

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