{"id":12515,"date":"2025-12-20T11:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/israel-lebanon-hold-talks-on-hezbollah-disarmament-return-of-displaced-residents\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T11:00:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T11:00:57","slug":"israel-lebanon-hold-talks-on-hezbollah-disarmament-return-of-displaced-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/israel-lebanon-hold-talks-on-hezbollah-disarmament-return-of-displaced-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel, Lebanon hold talks on Hezbollah disarmament, return of displaced residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"image\"><figcaption><span>Israeli troops are seen near the northern Israeli border with Lebanon on March 10, 2025. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen\/Xinhua)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>JERUSALEM\/BEIRUT, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) &mdash; Israel and Lebanon held talks on Friday as part of a security dialogue, focusing on Hezbollah&rsquo;s disarmament and the return of residents to their homes in Lebanon&rsquo;s southern border villages, according to Israeli and Lebanese sources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The meeting, under U.S. coordination, took place in the town of Naqoura in southwest Lebanon, near Israel&rsquo;s northern border.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Israeli Deputy Director for Foreign Policy at the National Security Council Yosef Dreznin represented Israel in the talks, while Lebanon&rsquo;s former ambassador to the United States, Simon Karam, led the Lebanese delegation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to an Israeli statement, the meeting centered on Hezbollah&rsquo;s disarmament and the advancement of economic projects, highlighting a mutual interest in countering Hezbollah and ensuring long-term security for communities on both sides of the border.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A statement by the Lebanese presidency said that during the talks, Karam highlighted Lebanon&rsquo;s firm position on the humanitarian and national importance of enabling displaced villagers to return safely to their homes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A ceasefire agreement between Hezbollah and Israel has been in force since Nov. 27, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><span>Despite the deal, Israel has continued to carry out occasional strikes in Lebanon, saying they are aimed at eliminating Hezbollah threats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Earlier this month, the two countries held their first direct talks in Naqoura, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called &ldquo;a first attempt to lay the groundwork for relations and economic cooperation between Israel and Lebanon.&rdquo;<\/span><span>&#9632;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Israel, Lebanon hold talks on Hezbollah disarmament, return of displaced residents<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli troops are seen near the northern Israeli border with Lebanon on March 10, 2025. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen\/Xinhua) JERUSALEM\/BEIRUT, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) &mdash; Israel and Lebanon held talks on Friday as part of a security dialogue, focusing on Hezbollah&rsquo;s disarmament and the return of residents to their homes in Lebanon&rsquo;s southern border villages,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/israel-lebanon-hold-talks-on-hezbollah-disarmament-return-of-displaced-residents\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Israel, Lebanon hold talks on Hezbollah disarmament, return of displaced residents&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}