Report: Lebanon proposes August for start of 'step-for-step' with Israel

Lebanon demanded in its response to the U.S. paper that Israel “actually commit to the ceasefire and withdraw from the areas it is still occupying, in return for the start of discussions with Hezbollah on the issue of monopolizing arms in the hands of the state,” sources concerned with the negotiations said.

Lebanon proposed that the steps be taken “according to a timetable that begins in August,” the sources told al-Joumhouria newspaper in remarks published Friday.

U.S. envoy Tom Barrack “promised to discuss this proposal with Israel and return with an answer,” the sources added.