Lebanon and Israel have agreed a shortlist of countries that could send troops to verify the disarmament of Hezbollah under a US-brokered agreement, a Lebanese official said on Friday, with the United States due to pick countries from the list. The official declined to identify any of the countries on the shortlist or say how many there were. Another Lebanese official and two foreign diplomats have previously told Reuters that Israel and the United States had vetoed France. We decided which parties were impossible for each and set the potential actors,” the Lebanese official said. When asked about the shortlist, a State Department spokesperson said ⁠the talks were “productive on the technical and expert levels” but did not provide ‌further details.