Israel has informed mediators that it will not agree to any additional withdrawals from territory in southern Lebanon during U.S.-mediated talks in Rome next week unless Hezbollah is disarmed and security arrangements are strengthened, according to Israeli media reports and U.S. officials.

The next round of negotiations between Israeli and Lebanese technical teams is scheduled for Aug. 4-6 in Rome and will focus on advancing the implementation of the framework agreement reached last month, which is intended to pave the way for a broader peace arrangement between the two countries.

According to Channel 12, Israel’s primary objective in the Rome talks will be securing the right to re-enter areas it handed over to the Lebanese Army last week if it determines that Hezbollah poses a renewed security threat. Israeli officials reportedly told mediators that no further territorial withdrawals would be approved without such a guarantee.

Under the framework agreement reached in June, the Lebanese military is to deploy in areas of southern Lebanon where Hezbollah previously maintained a military presence and influence. Israel has begun withdrawing from parts of its declared security zone as Lebanese troops move in and assume responsibility, but Israeli officials say the process remains conditional on Hezbollah’s disarmament.

Israel also will not agree to any future withdrawals from territory south of the so-called “yellow line,” which marks the Israeli buffer zone in southern Lebanon, until Hezbollah is disarmed, according to the report.

“The additional areas will not be on our side, in the defense lines that we have stabilized,” an Israeli official was quoted as saying. “If the current pilot is successful and additional pilot areas are decided upon later, they will be beyond the yellow line. We will not allow further withdrawals of the area on our side. Until Hezbollah is disarmed in Lebanon — that is what was agreed upon.”

Senior U.S. administration officials made a similar argument in comments to Israeli news outlet Walla ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House.

“The framework sets out a clear, conditions-based deal between Israel and Lebanon: Israel will redeploy its troops from Lebanese territory in exchange for Hezbollah’s disarmament and the restoration of the Lebanese state’s sovereignty over its entire territory,” the officials said.

They said implementation of the agreement is intended to achieve three objectives: restoring Lebanese sovereignty, dismantling Hezbollah’s military infrastructure, and enabling Israel to return to secure borders once the security threat has been removed.

According to the U.S. officials, the launch of the pilot-zone program last week coincided with an Israeli troop redeployment in the Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh area. They said that move resulted directly from talks held between Israeli and Lebanese representatives in Rome roughly 10 days earlier.

The officials added that Washington would continue working with both sides until the framework agreement is fully implemented, with the Rome talks expected to focus on the next phase of security arrangements and the gradual expansion of the pilot-zone model in southern Lebanon.