Report: Unlike Netanyahu, Israeli army and Mossad want withdrawal from Lebanon

The Israeli army and Mossad prefer that Israeli forces withdraw from Lebanon, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is rejecting this move due to “his personal and electoral calculations,” a senior Lebanese official quoted a Western official as saying.

In remarks to al-Joumhouria newspaper, the Lebanese official warned that Netanyahu is "crazy" and "we must protect Lebanon from his madness," emphasizing that there is currently no option but the diplomatic track.

"Hezbollah must help facilitate this track by strengthening the Lebanese state's position so that it can convince the American side to pressure the Israeli occupier to withdraw and stop the attacks," the official said.

The same official acknowledged that the diplomatic option is not guaranteed to succeed but has a fifty percent chance of success.

The official also affirmed that peace or normalization with Israel is not on the table, noting that after withdrawal, the return of prisoners, the cessation of attacks, and the demarcation of borders, it would be possible to move towards the activation of the 1949 Armistice Agreement.