Israel and Lebanon agreed on August 12 to a third-country monitoring mechanism to verify Hezbollah disarmament in southern Lebanon’s pilot zones, marking limited progress after Rome talks earlier this month failed to settle the issue.
The mechanism is meant to implement the June 26 Trilateral Framework Agreement, under which the Lebanese Armed Forces would disarm Hezbollah after Israeli forces withdraw from those areas.
The deal comes as implementation remains delayed: the Lebanese army complained on August 12 that Israeli forces were obstructing its deployments in the south, a claim neither Israel nor the United States publicly addressed.
Reuters earlier reported Britain, Italy, Switzerland and Indonesia were being considered for the mission, while a US official said US, Israeli and Lebanese delegations are expected to resume direct talks in Rome in September 2026.