Clearfield Team to Plan South Lebanon Pilot Pullback

Kan posted at 22:28 IDT and Kore carried a 22:55 Hebrew aggregation that Lt. Gen. Joseph Clearfield, the U.S. Marine commander handling the south Lebanon pullback pilot, came to Israel with his team to plan the move; the reports estimate transfer of the area to the Lebanese Army would take one to three weeks. JPost reported that IDF Chief Eyal Zamir met Clearfield on Wednesday to advance coordination mechanisms affecting Israel, the Lebanese Army and Hezbollah. The State Department framework, Al-Monitor and Kipa describe the same U.S.-supported pilot-zone path, tied to Lebanese Army deployment and Hezbollah disarmament. Israel should keep any redeployment conditions-based, so northern families gain security, not a premature gift to Iran's proxy.