State Department principal deputy spokesperson Thomas Pigott briefed reporters after the U.S. presented Lebanon with a proposal to disarm Hezbollah by year’s end, halt Israel’s military operations in Lebanon, and withdraw Israeli forces from five positions in south Lebanon, according to a Lebanese cabinet agenda reviewed by Reuters. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Israel’s intention to take full military control of Gaza, despite mounting domestic and international criticism over the nearly two-year-long war in the Palestinian enclave.
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