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  "path": "/news/2013066/lebanons-aoun-calls-for-sustained-us-support-after-peace-deal",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-05T02:51:16.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.dawn.com",
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  "textContent": "**• Lebanese president urges Washington to ‘keep standing’ by Lebanon’s institutions, army and people\n• Ceasefire holds unevenly as Israeli strikes continue in the south**\n\nBEIRUT: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Saturday urged the United States to stand by his country after a recent US-backed framework deal with Israel aiming to permanently end hostilities after the latest Israel-Hezbollah war.\n\nThe deal reached in Washington calls for the disarmament of Hezbollah, a gradual Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon and the deployment of the Lebanese army there, starting with two “pilot” areas.\n\nHezbollah has rejected the deal, which does not set a timetable for an Israeli withdrawal.\n\nIn a congratulatory message to President Donald Trump marking the United States’ 250th anniversary of independence, Aoun urged Washington to “keep always standing beside Lebanon’s right and just causes, its institutions, army and people”.\n\nAoun expressed hope that Lebanon could “turn the page on wars… and open a new page of hope, peace and stability”.\n\nIn a message also marking the independence anniversary, the US embassy in Lebanon said on X that “it is with great pride that we stand with the people of Lebanon as they forge a brighter future — one of peace, prosperity, and promise long overdue”.\n\nLebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on March 2 after Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel to avenge the killing of Iran’s supreme leader in US-Israeli strikes days earlier.\n\nIsrael responded with heavy airstrikes and a ground invasion of southern Lebanon, where its troops still occupy swathes of territory near the border.\n\nAn agreement signed by Tehran and Washington on ending the regional war last month also established a ceasefire in Lebanon, which took effect on June 21.\n\nDays later, Lebanon and Israel agreed to the US-backed framework aiming to pave the way for a permanent end to hostilities.\n\nThe United Nations Internatio­nal Organisation for Migration said this week that more than 640,000 displaced people have returned home since June 22.\n\nLebanese authorities have said the war has killed some 4,300 people and displaced more than one million others.\n\nBut many residents are unable to return to towns and villages near the southern border where Israeli troops are still present and many of which have suffered massive destruction.\n\nOn a visit to the south on Saturday including the heavily damaged city of Nabatieh, Social Affairs Minister Haneen Sayed said authorities were working on a plan including for “prefabricated houses and rent assistance payments” to help people return home, or to areas nearby.\n\nIsraeli has kept up intermittent strikes on south Lebanon despite the ceasefire.\n\nLebanon’s state-run _National News Agency_ said an Israeli strike on the village of Mansouri on Saturday wounded one person, also reporting Israeli artillery shelling elsewhere.\n\n_Published in Dawn, July 5th, 2026_",
  "title": "Lebanon's Aoun calls for sustained US support after peace deal"
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