📰 2 sources 3 articles · 8 Nov 2026, 10:13 → 1 hour ago

Reports of an Israeli pullout from Lebanon as Eisenkot is tasked to form a government, and the Yashar party denies it

The tasking of Gadi Eisenkot with forming the Israeli government coincided with a report by Israeli radio Kol Hai saying he plans to withdraw from Lebanon and has begun arrangements for the "day after" on the northern front. In contrast, the Yashar party denied a report about an Israeli military pullout from south Lebanon at Eisenkot's request, calling it baseless and demanding its deletion.

📍 Where things stand: The circulated reports about an Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon are met with an official denial from the Yashar party, which called the report baseless and demanded the channel delete it.

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8 Nov 2026, 10:13 As Gadi Eisenkot was tasked with forming the Israeli government, an article citing an Israeli Kol Hai radio report said Eisenkot plans to withdraw from Lebanon even before succeeding in forming the government, and that he has begun negotiations and arrangements for what is known as the "day after" on the northern front, including negotiations with foreign parties regarding the withdrawal.
8 Nov 2026, 15:43 A Lebanon ON report covered what Eisenkot's party announced in response to what is being circulated about whether negotiations for an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon are actually taking place, without further details on the content of the announcement or its circumstances.
8 Nov 2026, 20:19 Coinciding with Eisenkot's tasking to form the Israeli government, an Israeli report spoke of a move toward an Israeli military withdrawal from south Lebanon at Eisenkot's request, while the Yashar party denied the report, described it as baseless and demanded the channel delete it.

Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

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MTV Lebanon 20:19

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Lebanon ON 15:43

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MTV Lebanon 10:13

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