Tarek Chouiref<\/p>\n
17 July 2026\u2022Update: 17 July 2026<\/p>\n
The Israeli army has begun establishing a new line of permanent military posts in southern Lebanon to strengthen its presence in the area, Israeli daily Maariv reported Thursday.<\/p>\n
Citing unnamed sources, the newspaper said the new fixed positions are part of the army\u2019s efforts to cement its foothold in southern Lebanon, without providing further details on their locations.<\/p>\n
The reported move comes despite a US announcement following talks in Rome between Lebanese and Israeli officials that concluded Wednesday, during which the two sides agreed on a framework and guidelines for Israel\u2019s withdrawal from two pilot areas in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n
According to Maariv, the move could heighten tensions between Tel Aviv and Washington amid differences over Israel\u2019s military presence in Lebanon.<\/p>\n
The newspaper also said US President Donald Trump is pressing Israel to begin withdrawing from Lebanon and Syria as part of a broader regional vision, amid pressure from several countries.<\/p>\n
Lebanon and Israel signed a US-mediated framework agreement on June 26, which provides for a phased Israeli withdrawal from all occupied Lebanese territory, beginning with a pilot model in two zones that have not been publicly identified.<\/p>\n
The agreement does not set a timetable for the withdrawal, linking its completion to the Lebanese army assuming full security responsibility in the evacuated areas and the disarmament of armed groups, in reference to Hezbollah.<\/p>\n
Israeli attacks in Lebanon have killed at least 4,324 people, injured 12,223, and displaced more than 1 million since this March, according to official Lebanese figures.<\/p>\n
Israel continues to occupy areas in southern Lebanon, some held for decades and others seized during the 2023-24 war.<\/p>\n
*Writing by Tarek Chouiref<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tarek Chouiref 17 July 2026\u2022Update: 17 July 2026 The Israeli army has begun establishing a new line of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43,180804],"class_list":["post-545290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-sitekeywords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545290","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=545290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}