What is the framework agreement signed by Israel and Lebanon?
Key takeaways
- Deal comes after months of US-brokered direct talks, but Israel continues to occupy Lebanese land.
- “There is a lot of work ahead,” Rubio said. “Today is the first step.
- The US had brokered the direct talks, which began in April, and it is also a signatory to what is officially a trilateral agreement.
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Deal comes after months of US-brokered direct talks, but Israel continues to occupy Lebanese land.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, centre, speaks with Lebanese ambassador Nada Hamadeh at the State Department in Washington, DC, on June 26 [Ken Cedeno/Reuters]By Abubakr Al-Shamahi Published On 26 Jun 202626 Jun 2026At the signing ceremony for the framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon in Washington on Friday, United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the deal as “the beginning of the beginning”.
“There is a lot of work ahead,” Rubio said. “Today is the first step. The first step is sometimes the hardest one.”