Israeli military says 10 south Lebanese villages demarcate line of prohibited area
The Israeli military has again warned people in Lebanon not to return to their homes in the south of the country, this time publishing a map and naming specific villages along the border with northern Israel that are off-limits.
Naming the 10 Lebanese villages in a post on social media, the Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee said the locations of the villages demarcate a line where residents are prohibited from entering.
“Until further notice, you are prohibited from moving south to the line of the following villages and their surroundings, and also within the villages themselves: Shebaa, al-Habbariyeh, Marjayoun, Arnoun, Yahmor, Qantara, Chaqra, Barashit, Yatar, al-Mansouri,” the spokesman said.
“Anyone who moves south of this line – puts himself in danger,” he said.
Looks like a buffer zone...
Not a straight line, more like a 10km buffer zone from Metula to the coast.
US envoy says idea Lebanon would agree to Israeli occupation is ‘fantasy’
In an interview with Israel’s Channel 12 broadcaster, US envoy Amos Hochstein has dismissed the idea that Israel could have achieved a better deal than the current ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
“Yes, there are fantasy deals that are utopia, where you get a ceasefire agreement with a security zone etc. But those won’t ever happen,” Hochstein said in the televised interview.
“There will never be an agreement that also has Israel as an occupying force in another country, that country will not sign that deal,” he said.
He added that if Israel insisted on a demilitarised zone inside Lebanon “then you are there as an occupier”.
Such a zone could be between two kilometres to five kilometres, he said, but added: “As every Israeli today knows, it’s no longer just about five or 10 kilometre ranges. It’s about much further”.
We'll see, as seen above, for now 10km occupied buffer zone in effect.
Israel’s movement restrictions in southern Lebanon mapped out