Lebanon and Israel held renewed, US-brokered talks in Rome on implementing a framework deal aimed at ending the Lebanon conflict and moving toward Israeli withdrawals from southern Lebanon. Lebanese officials told Reuters expectations for rapid progress were low, as Israel maintains a buffer zone while Hezbollah rejects the agreement and any disarmament plan. The two-day talks at the US embassy are set to outline logistics for pilot zones—territory patches where Hezbollah disarmament, Lebanese troop deployment, and phased Israeli withdrawal are expected to begin.