The American envoy to Lebanon defended a reaction from Beirut on Monday to a proposal from Washington that described the full disarmament of the terrorist group of Hezbollah supported by Iran in exchange for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the southern region.
Envoy Thomas Barrack told reporters that he was “incredibly satisfied” with Beirut’s timely response to a proposal of 19 June that called for the disarmament of Hezbollah within a four -month period.
“What the government gave us was something spectacular in a very short period,” said Barrack after a meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, who took the top job in January. “I am incredibly satisfied with the answer.”
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, right, meets the American ambassador in Turkey and special envoy to Syria Tom Barrack, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Monday, July 7, 2025. (Lebanese Presidency Press Office via AP)
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The news is because negotiators are also working to end the war of Israel against Hamas in the Gaza Strip after Jerusalem saw himself last fall against a war with a war on the southern border against Hamas, back and forth rocket attacks with Iran and with the Houthis in Yemen and a campaign that was in Leganon.
A truce was struck in Lebanon after a refined bomb attack on pagers that were aimed at hundreds of Hezbollah members throughout the country in September.
Hezbollah largely withdrew from the southern region of Lebanon and reportedly gave up some poor.
But the reporting of Reuters on Monday also suggested that Hezbollah may not be willing to record all the poor and the details of the US-Lebanon agreement that would see the disarmament of the terrorist network remain unknown.
Israeli troops have remained in parts of South -Libanon to prevent what it claims is a constant threat of the terrorist network for Israeli communities that live on the northern border, and skirmishes have passed.
Barrack, who also serves as an American ambassador in Turkey and special envoy for Syria, said he believes that Lebanon and Israel eventually share the same goal – peace.

An IDF soldier near anti-tank missiles that belong to the Hezbollah terror group in South Lebanon. (IDF)
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“The Israelis don’t want a war with Lebanon,” he said. “Both countries try to give the same idea of ​​a stand-down agreement, to terminate hostilities and a way to peace.”
Barrack also suggested that the Trump administration can try to add Lebanon to the list of countries that have normalized ties with Israel under the Abraham chords -a main policy of Trump’s during his first administration and one that he once again made a top priority.
But Barrack also suggested that Syria has already started with Israel with “dialogue”.
“The dialogue has started between Syria and Israel, just as the dialogue must be reinvented by Lebanon,” he said. “If you don’t want to change, it’s not a problem. The rest of the region moves at mach speed and you are left behind.”

Funers react during the funeral of Hezbollah -member Hassan Ghassan Hijazi, who was killed by an Israeli strike in Tayr Debba, in South -Libanon, January 11, 2025. (Courtney Bonneau/Midden -Sosten images/AFP via getty images)
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The comments come a week after the Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said that Jerusalem is “interested in expanding the Abraham Accords Circle of Peace and Standardization.
“We have an interest in adding countries, such as Syria and Lebanon, our neighbors, to the circle of Peace and Standardization -while protecting the essential and safety interests of Israel,” he added, although much of the normalization efforts would depend on Israel who would end his war in the Gaza strip.
Reuters has contributed to this report.