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World Israel Army says established Gaza-style 'Yellow Line' in Lebanon JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel's military said Saturday it had established a "Yellow Line" in southern Lebanon, similar to the one separating its forces from Hamas-held areas in Gaza, adding it had hit a "terrorist cell" operating along the demarcation.
The Israeli military said in a statement on Saturday that over the previous 24 hours, its forces “operating south of the Yellow Line in southern Lebanon identified terrorists who violated the ceasefire understandings and approached the forces from north of the Yellow Line in a manner that posed an immediate threat”.
In a separate statement later in the day, the military said the air force had eliminated a "terrorist cell operating in proximity to IDF soldiers in southern Lebanon, in the area of the forward defense line," referring to the Yellow Line.
Reporting from Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh said the Israeli military’s announcement of a “yellow line” in Lebanon appeared to represent the “continuation of the ‘Gazafication’ of southern Lebanon”.
US President Donald Trump has said Washington "prohibited" Israel from bombing Lebanon following the ceasefire deal, and that the US would work with Lebanon to "deal with" Hezbollah. For its part, Hezbollah has said that Israel needs to withdraw from the country’s southern region first as part of the 2024 ceasefire deal agreed between the armed group and Israel.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Friday that direct negotiations with Israel "are crucial," and that the government aims to "consolidate a ceasefire (and) secure the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the occupied southern territories.
In a statement, the military said it waged the attacks in response to fighters approaching areas where Israeli soldiers are still stationed in southern Lebanon, claiming they posed “an imminent threat”. Last December, the government said it was close to completing the disarmament of Hezbollah south of the Litani River before a year-end deadline as part of the 2024 ceasefire deal with Israel.
The army said it also "struck an underground shaft in the area south of the forward defense line, as well as Hezbollah terrorists who were identified entering it. Later on Saturday, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem said that the ongoing 10-day truce with Israel cannot continue unless both sides uphold it.
What's confirmed
- The Israeli military said in a statement on Saturday that over the previous 24 hours, its forces “operating south of the Yellow Line in southern Lebanon identified terrorists who violated the ceasefire understandings…
- World Israel Army says established Gaza-style 'Yellow Line' in Lebanon JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel's military said Saturday it had established a "Yellow Line" in southern Lebanon, similar to the one separating its forces f
- The Israeli military said in a statement on Saturday that over the previous 24 hours, its forces “operating south of the Yellow Line in southern Lebanon identified terrorists who violated the ceasefire understandings and
- In a separate statement later in the day, the military said the air force had eliminated a "terrorist cell operating in proximity to IDF soldiers in southern Lebanon, in the area of the forward defense line," referring t
- Reporting from Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh said the Israeli military’s announcement of a “yellow line” in Lebanon appeared to represent the “continuation of the ‘Gazafication’ of southern
- US President Donald Trump has said Washington "prohibited" Israel from bombing Lebanon following the ceasefire deal, and that the US would work with Lebanon to "deal with" Hezbollah.
What's still developing
- World Israel Army says established Gaza-style 'Yellow Line' in Lebanon JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel's military said Saturday it had established a "Yellow Line" in southern Lebanon, similar to the one separating its…
- In a separate statement later in the day, the military said the air force had eliminated a "terrorist cell operating in proximity to IDF soldiers in southern Lebanon, in the area of the forward defense line,"…
- The army said it also "struck an underground shaft in the area south of the forward defense line, as well as Hezbollah terrorists who were identified entering it.
- Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Friday that direct negotiations with Israel "are crucial," and that the government aims to "consolidate a ceasefire (and) secure the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the…
- US President Donald Trump has said Washington "prohibited" Israel from bombing Lebanon following the ceasefire deal, and that the US would work with Lebanon to "deal with" Hezbollah.
- But Israel has not "yet finished the job" against the group, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, vowing to press on "dismantling" it just hours after the truce came into effect.
- Reporting from Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh said the Israeli military’s announcement of a “yellow line” in Lebanon appeared to represent the “continuation of the ‘Gazafication’ of…
- “Israeli Minister of Defence Israel Katz had said that the army has been instructed to demolish the Lebanese villages on the border based on the Beit Hanoon and Rafah models, and we know exactly what that looks like…