The Israelis are up-in-arms about the deconfliction mechanism the US and Iran agreed to for overseeing the ceasefire in Lebanon. It would exclude Israel and limit Israeli military action to only responding to “imminent threats,” rather than to the broader category of “emerging threats,” Channel 12 reported, without citing sources, according to The Times of Israel. According to Channel 12, the new arrangement the new oversight body includes the US, Iran, Lebanon, Qatar and Pakistan, but not Israel whereas the monitoring arrangement set up for the November 2024 ceasefire representatives from Israel, Lebanon, the United States, the United Nations and France.
Shortly after the report aired, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a Hebrew-language statement stressing that Israeli troops in southern Lebanon have “full freedom of action” against “direct or emerging threats” against them.
“The directive that the defense minister and I have given the IDF is clear and has not changed: Our forces in southern Lebanon have full freedom of action to thwart any direct or emerging threat against them or against residents of northern Israel. The IDF faces no restrictions in this regard,” Netanyahu said.