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Gadi Eisenkot Plans Israeli Withdrawal From Southern Lebanon Before Forming Government
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Eisenkot tasked with forming government; Lebanese observers monitor the north border. Report claims he plans to withdraw from Lebanon before forming the government.
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Eisenkot and withdrawal talk
Lebanese outlets focused on Tel Aviv after Gadi Eisenkot was tasked with forming the Israeli government, while Israeli radio Kol Hai said Eisenkot plans to withdraw from Lebanon even before succeeding in forming the government. Kol Hai’s political correspondent told listeners, "Even before Eisenkot forms a government, he is planning what will happen afterward," framing the talks as part of a broader "Day After" on the northern front.
Kol Hai’s report also said Eisenkot is negotiating with foreign parties about an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, and it portrayed any withdrawal as a prelude to "withdrawals from Gaza and Syria" and the "systematic and deliberate destruction of settlement outposts in the West Bank." Lebanon Debate tied the question of change in southern Lebanon to Eisenkot’s background, noting that the former Chief of Staff is linked to the "Guevara of the Suburbs" doctrine and recalling his 2008 comments about using disproportionate force against Lebanese villages from which attacks on Israel originate.
Northern sirens and southern shelling
Israeli forces announced a siren in northern Israel after a suspected drone infiltration, and the Israeli army later said it was a false alarm. In southern Lebanon, Israeli artillery shelled the outskirts of Majdal Silm and Wadi al-Salouqi, while machine-gun fire was directed toward Wadi al-Hujayr and the outskirts of Qubriha, and a blast was heard in al-Qantara.
The Israeli army released around one o’clock after midnight the citizen Nadk Bishara from Deir Mimas and returned him to the intersection of the town after he was detained and questioned for two days, according to the National News Agency. Israeli forces opened fire at farmers while they were picking olives in Deir Miymas and arrested a resident as attacks affected Marjayoun, Bint Jbeil, Nabatieh, and Tyre.
What is at stake next
The method of negotiating with Lebanon may change without altering the essence of Israeli demands, Lebanon Debate said, linking withdrawal questions to the Hezbollah weapons file and border security arrangements. The sensitivity of the phase grows with continuing US-Iranian tensions, because any new regional escalation could reverberate in southern Lebanon regardless of who becomes Israel’s next prime minister, Lebanon Debate said.
The Lebanese Health Ministry announced the death toll from the Israeli aggression on the country since March 2, 2026 had risen to 4,390 dead and 12,429 wounded, with the tally covering up to November 5, Anadolu Ajansi reported. The June 26, 2026 "Framework Formula" agreement provides for a gradual Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories in exchange for the deployment of the Lebanese Army there and its assuming security responsibility, while Israeli attacks continued despite that framework, Anadolu Ajansi said.