Contrary to the Israeli ambassador’s description of the talks in Washington as a “train wreck”, the Israeli military radio says that eight hours of talks were very constructive and that there is progress in discussions of a partial Israeli withdrawal from certain areas, Al Jazeera reports.

There is an American proposal of using pilot areas where Israel would withdraw from.The Lebanese army would take over those areas and ensure that there was no Hezbollah presence.

Since the US-Iran MoU signing, Israel has escalated its invasion in Lebanon. They are well beyond the initial areas that were occupied by the Israeli army, but according to Israeli reports, it was done precisely because those would be the areas that Israel would be perhaps willing to withdraw from.