Senior Israeli military officers expressed doubt over the feasibility of a conditional Israeli troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon. The Israel Defense Force chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Amnon Shahak, was quoted as telling the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that it was unlikely that Syria, the main power broker in Lebanon, would let Beirut go ahead and reach a separate security arrangement with Israel.
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