IDF Confirms New Deployment in Southern Lebanon

The IDF Spokesperson announced this afternoon (Thursday) that "in accordance with operational needs, the IDF is deployed in the security zone, about 10 kilometers inside Lebanese territory." The IDF published a map showing the deployment of forces in different areas of southern Lebanon. The military added: "IDF forces have established themselves in their area of operations in southern Lebanon and continue working to remove threats and improve protection for residents of the north."

(Photo: IDF Spokesperson)

According to a report in the U.S., the issue of an IDF withdrawal in one form or another will be discussed with the Lebanese side next week in talks in the United States. In the meantime, Israeli officials today called on the Lebanese army and UNIFIL to prevent Lebanese civilians from approaching areas where IDF forces are operating.

As previously reported, overnight, after the signing of the memorandum of understandings between the U.S. and Iran, there are 60 days of negotiations, and until then, according to the agreement, the IDF is supposed to withdraw from all of Lebanon. Israeli officials sent a message to the U.S. today: "The IDF will not withdraw."