Lebanese media reported that the launched hostages had arrived in a hospital in southern Lebanon metropolis of Tyre.
Lebanon says it has acquired 4 hostages taken by Israel throughout its conflict with Hezbollah, as Israel stated it has agreed to carry talks to demarcate its border with Lebanon.
The workplace of Lebanese President Joseph Aoun confirmed in an announcement on Tuesday that it had acquired the 4 captives, with a fifth anticipated to be handed over the next day.
Lebanese media, together with the state information company NNA, reported that the launched Lebanese captives had arrived in a hospital in southern Lebanon’s Tyre.
The handover occurred after Israel stated on Tuesday that it had agreed to carry talks to demarcate its border with Lebanon, describing the discharge of the 5 Lebanese held by the Israeli navy as a “gesture to the Lebanese president”.
An announcement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s workplace on Tuesday stated Israel had agreed with Lebanon, the US and France to ascertain working teams to debate the demarcation line between the 2 international locations.
US Deputy Particular Envoy for the Center East Morgan Ortagus advised Lebanese TV channel Al Jadeed that Washington wished “a political decision, lastly, to the border disputes”.
She stated the US and France, which helped dealer a November ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, had arrange “working teams” to maintain the method on monitor.
The working teams would deal with the border disputes between the 2 international locations, in addition to Israel’s continued occupation of 5 strategic factors in south Lebanon, Ortagus stated.
‘Excellent level’
The ceasefire deal ended greater than a yr of battle between Israel’s navy and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah that befell in parallel with Israel’s conflict on Gaza.
The settlement required Hezbollah to withdraw north of the Litani River, about 20 miles (30 kilometres) from the border, and to dismantle its navy infrastructure within the south.
Although Israel was presupposed to withdraw utterly from Lebanese territory by February 18 after lacking a January deadline, it has saved troops at 5 places it deems strategic.
“There are nonetheless numerous issues right here,” stated Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut. “The main excellent level … is that the Israeli military remains to be in 5 completely different places throughout southern Lebanon.
“[These are] areas that they had been supposed to depart, evacuate, retreat from when the ceasefire deal got here into place,” she stated, reporting from Amman, Jordan.
