{"id":499266,"date":"2026-06-18T15:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/499266\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T15:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:32:09","slug":"israel-issues-new-lebanon-occupation-map-in-talks-with-u-s-over-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/499266\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel issues new Lebanon occupation map, in talks with U.S. over deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"

The military, which in April published a map marking its so-called buffer zone in southern Lebanon, released a new map that shows its troops are operating several kilometres deeper into the country, including near the Hezbollah stronghold of Nabatieh north of the Litani River.<\/p>\n

Israeli troops have been operating in some of those areas for several weeks, but the military had not yet published a map showing the expanded zone of control.<\/p>\n

In the map published on Thursday, the military described the territory, marked in dark red, as: \u201cThe security zone in which IDF (Israel Defense Forces) soldiers are operating in southern Lebanon\u201d.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu and Donald Trump have repeatedly clashed<\/a> in recent weeks as the U.S. president sought to extricate himself from the war against Iran he jointly launched with his longtime Israeli ally.<\/p>\n

Israeli officials have voiced anger with the U.S.-Iran pact, which the two signed on Wednesday, saying it didn\u2019t go far enough to address Israeli concerns over Iran\u2019s nuclear program and would tie down their military operations in Lebanon.<\/p>\n

Trump has made no secret of his frustration with Netanyahu and has criticized Israel\u2018s military actions in Lebanon, saying it was unnecessary to bomb entire apartment buildings to hunt Hezbollah militants.<\/p>\n

The two Israeli officials, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive talks with Washington, said Israel would not back down on its position that its troops would remain deployed in Lebanon.<\/p>\n

\"LebaneseDestruction in the village of Deir Qanoun al-Nahr in southern Lebanon on Tuesday.Mahmoud Zayyat \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

One of the officials said the outcome of the talks would ultimately depend on whether Trump \u201cdecides to force the issue\u201d by threatening repercussions if Israel does not abide by the interim pact\u2019s terms.<\/p>\n

There has been no indication that Trump\u2019s commentary will translate into concrete actions — such as withholding military aid or slowing arms shipments — that could force Israel to rethink its military tactics.<\/p>\n

Israel describes the territory it has seized in Lebanon, Gaza and Syria as \u201cbuffer zones\u201c between it and its enemies, a core facet of Israel\u2018s recent security policy.<\/p>\n

The Iran war pact appeared to leave Israel with some \u201cwiggle room\u201d, said Jonathan Rynhold, a senior researcher at Israel\u2018s Bar-Ilan University.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reference to the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Lebanon certainly implies that Israel will have to withdraw,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, it also implies that Hezbollah should not be able to hold weapons because that is a threat to the sovereignty of the government of Lebanon.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The military, which in April published a map marking its so-called buffer zone in southern Lebanon, released a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-499266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}