The following is the full text of the security annex of the Trilateral Framework agreement between the United States, Israel and Lebanon, which was signed in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2026. The annex was not publicly released with the rest of the text, but the Asharq Bloomberg news site published a copy of it on Monday. The text’s veracity was confirmed to The Times of Israel by two officials familiar with the matter. The annex is accompanied by a map of the two pilot zones from which Israel has agreed to withdraw.

1. Pilot Zones Designation: The parties will immediately designate and launch the initial pilot zone in the South Litani Sector in an agreed upon military planning process using a four-step model:

Clearance, taking legal measures against all non-state armed personnel engaging in unauthorized activity, and destroy or render inoperable associated infrastructure, including but not limited to weapons, weapons caches, tunnels, and command centers, by those non-state armed groups.

Verification of clearance of all non-state armed groups and their military infrastructure by a mutually agreed-upon third-party entity.

Presence of highly-qualified Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) that assume and maintain sole operational control, to prevent any resurgence of non-state armed activity.

The Lebanese state leads reconstruction efforts, supported by international assistance and coordinated through........

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