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Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Yechiel (Michael) Leiter, told that Israel does not plan to withdraw from southern Lebanon, reinforcing a position Israeli officials have already staked out and exposing a potential fault line in a U.S.-brokered agreement with Iran.<\/p>

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“We’re not going to withdraw from South Lebanon, and the madmen of Tehran have no business poking their nose into this,” Leiter said in an interview with NPR’s Steve Inskeep<\/p>

Leiter’s comments echoed remarks from Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, who said this week <\/u>that Israel would not retreat from Lebanon, Syria or Gaza “despite all the existing pressures and those that may yet come.”<\/p>\n

The position clashes with statements from Iranian officials, who have said Lebanon is part of a broader understanding reached with Washington. Iran’s deputy foreign minister said the cessation of fighting would apply “on all fronts,” including Lebanon.<\/p>

Leiter rejected all of that interpretation, saying the Trump administration had been “crystal clear” that any agreement with Iran “has nothing to do with our withdrawal from South Lebanon.”<\/p>

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The dispute is part of the uncertainty surrounding a proposed 60-day ceasefire that the Trump administration says could open the door to negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program and other unresolved issues.<\/p>

Asked about the humanitarian toll of Israel’s offensive against Hezbollah \u2014 with roughly 3,700 Lebanese killed and about 1 million people driven from their homes, according to Lebanese health authorities \u2014 Leiter replied that “the people we’ve killed are Hezbollah terrorists.” He then added, “We don’t target civilians.”<\/p>

Leiter said any long-term agreement would have to ensure Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon and could be verified “at any time, anywhere, under any circumstances.”<\/p>

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