The pilot collapsed, and in Israel they assess: The Lebanese army is coordinating with Hezbollah

An Israeli political source said this evening that the Lebanese army is not fulfilling its role in the pilot program to disarm Hezbollah, and that Israel assesses with high probability that the Lebanese army is coordinating its activities with Hezbollah, from the chief of staff level down to soldiers on the ground. Against this backdrop, negotiations with Lebanon have been postponed to October at the request of the Lebanese.

An Israeli political source said this evening that the Lebanese army is not fulfilling its part in the pilot program to disarm Hezbollah, and that Israel assesses with high probability that the Lebanese army is coordinating its activities with the terrorist organization. According to the source, the coordination begins at the level of the Lebanese chief of staff, Rudolf Heikal, and extends to soldiers on the ground. The source stated, "The pilot has failed – there is no other way to define it." Against the backdrop of this assessment, negotiations with Lebanon that were supposed to resume this month have been postponed to October, according to Israel at the request of the Lebanese. The article concludes with the assertion that the understanding in Jerusalem is that the state of Lebanon is incapable of handling on its own the "Hezbollah cancer that nests within it" – an emotionally charged phrasing implying that only the IDF can do the job.