Israel at War Watch: Israel to STOP Pullout If Lebanese Army Fails to Deploy Timely
Reuters: Israel pullout to stop if Lebanon army does not deploy
Israel could withdraw its forces from southern Lebanon within 10 days, but only if the Lebanese army deploys quickly in the area, Israel’s army chief of staff, Dan Halutz, said on Wednesday.
“The withdrawal of the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) within 10 days is dependent upon the deployment of the Lebanese army,” Halutz told parliament’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, according to a spokesman.
“If the Lebanese army does not move down within a number of days to the south … the way I see it, we must stop our withdrawal,” Halutz added.
Lebanon’s cabinet will meet on Wednesday to issue an order to the army to deploy in south Lebanon immediately, a senior political source in Beirut said.
The source said the 15,000-strong force will begin to deploy south of the Litani River on Thursday.
But, if the Lebanese Army does not enforce United Nations Resolution 1701 that calls for the disarming of Hezbollah what good are they anyway?
Worthless is the answer.
Now, what about the United Nations International peacekeeping force?
The United Nations said on Tuesday it wants to deploy up to 3,500 new soldiers within two weeks to oversee a fragile truce and Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon, where troops battled Hizbollah guerrillas for a month.
The U.N. Security Council last Friday unanimously adopted a resolution calling for a truce. It authorized up to 13,000 well-armed troops to augment a 2,000-strong force, known as UNIFIL, now in Lebanon.
If the Lebanese government continues to ignore the United Nations resolution that began the cease-fire, then hostilities will begin anew.
Anything less than full compliance with U.N Resolution 1701 necessitates United Nations Security Council action and a cessation of Israeli Defense Force Withdrawl and back to war.
Stay tuned……
Israeli soldiers walk together after leaving Lebanon near the Israeli-Lebanon border August 15, 2006 in this picture released by the Israeli Defense Forces.
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