The Israeli Redeployment and Lebanese Army Pilot Deployment

O que mudou

• Lebanese army deployed to Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh on July 21 after Israeli withdrawal.
• Three villages — Froun, Srifa and Zawtar al-Gharbiya — were named as the first pilot zones.
• Prime Minister Nawaf Salam visited July 22 and raised a Lebanese flag in the rubble.

Então ainda em aberto

• No verified total for returning families, destroyed homes, or security conditions in adjacent villages.
• No public verification yet that phased withdrawal and disarmament are proceeding beyond the initial deployment.

O que dissemos que iríamos acompanhar

• Whether residents who came back in late July are able to remain through the coming weeks.
• Whether the framework expands beyond Zawtar to Froun, Srifa and other southern areas.

O que sabíamos inicialmente

• It had been 17 years since a Lebanese president last sat in the Oval Office. On Tuesday, July 21, 2026, that streak ended when Joseph Aoun crossed the threshold as the first head of state from Beirut to be received there since 2009 . The number that mattered most was the one President Donald Trump kept coming back to: the Hezbollah arsenal, and the question of who controls it.