US and Lebanon Meet to Broker Israeli Withdrawal from Southern Lebanon

US and Lebanese military delegations met in Beirut to establish a mechanism for Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon through two designated 'pilot zones,' as part of a June 26 framework agreement, even as Israel continues strikes and over 430,000 remain displaced. Southern Lebanon — the ancient land of Tyre and Sidon — remains a persistent flashpoint, and Israel's ongoing military positioning in a self-declared 10km security zone underscores the unresolved tensions Scripture associates with the nations surrounding Israel in the last days. The Bible repeatedly identifies Lebanon's borderlands as a theatre of end-times conflict, with Ezekiel and Zechariah both pointing to the pressure that will mount on Israel from its northern neighbours before the final day of the Lord.