Israel’s refusal to withdraw from occupied Lebanese territory and ongoing tensions are delaying the scheduling of the next round of negotiations with Lebanon, Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported.
According to the broadcaster on Monday, Israel claims that the Lebanese army is working "in coordination with Hezbollah."
Lebanon, meanwhile, is refusing to hold talks in the near future in protest against Israel's failure to expand the areas from which its forces would withdraw in southern Lebanon, KAN said.
"Setting a date for the next round of talks between Israel and Lebanon is being delayed because of the existing tensions between the two countries," the broadcaster added.
The seventh round of Lebanese-Israeli negotiations concluded on Thursday in Rome under US sponsorship. The talks addressed issues related to implementing a framework agreement reached on June 26.
On Friday, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun stated during a Cabinet meeting that his country had made "positive progress" in the Rome negotiations regarding the border and prisoner exchange files.
The framework agreement stipulates a gradual Israeli withdrawal from occupied Lebanese territory, beginning with a pilot phase in certain areas, in exchange for the deployment of Lebanon's army and the disarmament of armed groups, a reference to Hezbollah.
New attacks
Earlier on Monday, the Israeli army carried out a bombing and artillery shelling of positions in southern Lebanon amid its ongoing violations of an ongoing truce.
The Israeli forces fired machine guns toward Wadi al-Salouqi in the southern Lebanese governorate of Nabatieh and shelled the town of Mansouri with artillery overnight, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported.
Kfar Tebnit was also bombed, the agency noted, adding that the outskirts of the town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa were subjected to intermittent artillery shelling.
Despite the ongoing negotiations, Tel Aviv continues its violations in Lebanon.
According to Lebanese officials, Israel killed 4,335 people, wounded 12,277 others, and displaced over a million people since March 2.
