Jewish News Syndicate; reported that both Jerusalem and Beirut denied a US State Department claim of a partial IDF withdrawal as a goodwill gesture

JNS reported that on June 25 both Israeli and Lebanese officials denied a leaked US State Department claim that the IDF had already pulled back from an area in southern Lebanon as a goodwill gesture; a Lebanese military source said facts on the ground 'show the opposite of a pullback.'

“Israel and Lebanon deny claim of partial IDF withdrawal from southern Lebanon buffer zone, with Lebanese military saying facts show the opposite.”