In his testimony to the Winograd Committee on the Second Lebanon war, which was released Tuesday, Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Tzahi Hanegbi told the panel that for the first time in Israel's history, except perhaps for the War of Independence, the Second Lebanon War led to a diplomatic achievement.

Hanegbi testified that the diplomatic achievement was the deployment of the Lebanese Army in southern Lebanon and the stationing of a multi-national force there as well.

During his testimony, Hanegbi told of several meetings that his committee held during the war, which included tours of the north. Hanegbi said that the committee members were divided on the need for a ground incursion into southern Lebanon. According to Hanegbi, their disagreement is why the committee did not formulate a clear recommendation on the matter.