Lebanese \u200cofficials say Israeli troops are enforcing the zone\u2019s northern boundary by \u200cfiring at anyone approaching it<\/p>\n
BEIRUT:\u00a0Israeli forces dropped leaflets over the southern Lebanese town of Mansouri \u200bon Friday ordering residents to leave, Lebanese state media reported, the first such order issued since the latest ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect.<\/p>\n
The Israeli military later said it killed\u00a0Hezbollah militants who had operated near its so-called \u201csecurity zone\u201d in\u00a0southern Lebanon\u00a0on Friday.<\/p>\n
The military said in a statement it had \u201cstruck and eliminated seven Hezbollah terrorists who transferred weapons near the Security Zone in southern Lebanon,\u201d adding that it would \u201ccontinue to operate to remove threats.\u201d<\/p>\n
The latest attack comes amid a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in an offshoot of the Middle East war that the US and Iran are negotiating to bring to a definitive end.<\/p>\n
Israel and Lebanon have been holding talks in Washington that include discussions on a US-backed proposal for Israeli forces to hand some of \u200cthe territory they \u200coccupied in their war with \u200bHezbollah \u200cto \u2060Lebanon\u2019s \u200bmilitary.<\/p>\n
Before the \u2060talks resumed this week, Israel and Hezbollah agreed to halt fire even as Israel kept troops in what it describes as a \u201cbuffer zone\u201d aimed at thwarting attacks by the Iran-backed group on northern Israel.<\/p>\n
Violence has persisted since the ceasefire, \u2060with Israel saying on Friday its troops \u200chad struck and \u200ckilled what the military described as \u200bseven Hezbollah members who \u200cwere operating near the territory it is occupying. \u200cReuters could not confirm this.<\/p>\n
A senior Lebanese military official said Israel had recently added the town of Mansouri, where the Israeli military dropped evacuation leaflets on Friday, \u200cto its occupation zone. The official said Lebanese farmers had continued to enter \u2060and \u2060leave Mansouri, but had not been living there.<\/p>\n
An Israeli military spokesperson said the military issued what it described as a \u201creminder\u201d to the civilian population that \u201cthe area is within the security zone in which IDF soldiers operate. It\u2019s a reminder not to be in the area so they won\u2019t be harmed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lebanese officials say Israeli troops are enforcing the zone\u2019s northern boundary by firing at \u200banyone approaching it, including \u200bcivilians and Lebanese soldiers.<\/p>\n
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