UAE national daily; detailed the political split in Lebanon between Aoun's state-sovereignty commitment and Hezbollah's outright rejection of the deal

The National reported that Cooper's Beirut visit exposed Lebanon's internal fracture: President Aoun pledged state control up to the Israeli border while Hezbollah and its allies called the US-brokered framework a surrender deal incompatible with the Iran-US MOU.

“Centcom chief visits Beirut as split widens in Lebanon over Israel deal, with Hezbollah declaring the framework null and the Lebanese president pledging sovereignty across all territory.”