美国中央司令部：美国海军陆战队一架CH-53直升机正在阿拉伯海向一艘美国海军舰艇运送补给。

The Times of Israel on the 9th cited a US official saying Israel's military will withdraw in the coming days from one of two 'pilot areas' in southern Lebanon to facilitate the next phase of Israel-Lebanon talks. Under a Washington framework, Israel agreed to pull back from two small areas in southern Lebanon that had been cleared of HEZBOLLAH military infrastructure and hand them over to the Lebanese Armed Forces. An Arab official told the paper Lebanon has informed the US it will not attend a planned round of Israel-Lebanon talks in Rome next week until Israel completes the agreed withdrawals. No timetable has been announced for withdrawal from the second 'pilot area.'

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