Report: US vows to press Israel to end violations, withdraw from Lebanon

The co-chair of the five-party ceasefire monitoring committee, U.S. general Jasper Jeffers, has received a phone call from caretaker PM Najib Mikati, who protested against Thursday's Israeli incursion into Wadi al-Hujeir, Qantara and Adsheet al-Qusayr, a prominent political source said.

Jeffers "promised that the Israelis would withdraw in five hours after carrying out a military mission that has been added to the list of Israeli violations," the source told al-Joumhouria newspaper in remarks published Friday.

"The Americans pledged to press Israel to halt its violations and withdraw from all Lebanese territory by the end of the 60-day deadline," the source added.

The daily also reported that Lebanon has moved toward the U.N. Security Council, which will "issue a statement voicing support for the agreement and demanding commitment to U.N. resolution 1701."