JERUSALEM, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces could start withdrawing from territory they hold in southern Lebanon after the Lebanese cabinet’s “momentous decision” to work towards the disarmament of the militant group Hezbollah by the end of 2025.

Netanyahu said Monday that if Lebanon takes the necessary steps to disarm Hezbollah, then Israel will respond with reciprocal measures, including a phased reduction of the Israeli military presence in southern Lebanon.

Since the Israel-Hezbollah war ended in November 2024 with a , Hezbollah officials have said the group will not discuss its disarmament until from five hills it controls inside Lebanon and stops that have killed or wounded hundreds of people, most of them Hezbollah members.

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