{"id":578675,"date":"2026-08-08T15:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/578675\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:30:08","slug":"lebanon-says-israeli-troops-built-earth-barrier-in-lebanese-army-held-village-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/578675\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon says Israeli troops built earth barrier in Lebanese army-held village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tBEIRUT: Israeli troops infiltrated a Lebanese village placed under the control of Lebanon\u2019s army as part of a June agreement and built an earthen barrier overnight Friday, Lebanese state media and the local mayor said.<br \/>\u201cAn Israeli occupation army force advanced into the village of Zawtar Al-Gharbiya shortly after midnight&#8230; and erected a new earthen barrier near the town square,\u201d Lebanon\u2019s state-run National News Agency reported on Saturday.<br \/>An AFP correspondent saw the barrier, built at the village\u2019s eastern entrance. The local authorities said it was unclear if any Israeli forces remained in the area.<br \/>Zawtar Al-Gharbiya was one of two designated \u201cpilot zones\u201d where the Lebanese army was to take over as part of a US-sponsored framework agreement signed with Israel in the wake of the latter\u2019s invasion and occupation of southern Lebanon.<br \/>The Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah drew Lebanon into the wider Middle East war by launching rockets at Israel, which responded with a widespread bombing campaign and a ground invasion.<br \/>Israeli forces have killed more than 4,300 people, according to Lebanon\u2019s health ministry, and displaced hundreds of thousands more.<br \/>Under the June agreement, Lebanon is meant to disarm Hezbollah while Israel is supposed to gradually withdraw its forces.<br \/>Beirut\u2019s army deployed to Zawtar Al-Gharbiya on July 21, while around 50 families have since returned to the village, mayor Abed Ezzeddine told AFP.<br \/>Israeli troops had been present on the outskirts of the village before the deployment.<br \/>Ezzeddine said they were surprised to see the barrier in the morning, located around 100 meters from the town square.<br \/>Confirming the incident, a Lebanese military source told AFP it was a violation of the framework agreement.<br \/>Lebanon and Israel had just completed their seventh round of direct negotiations in Rome on Thursday, with a Lebanese source telling AFP the Israelis refused to discuss withdrawing from more areas before making sure Beirut\u2019s military had full control over the pilot zones.<br \/>Hezbollah, which rejects the deal, refuses to surrender its weapons, and Israel still carries out intermittent strikes on southern Lebanon despite a ceasefire in place since June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BEIRUT: Israeli troops infiltrated a Lebanese village placed under the control of Lebanon\u2019s army as part of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-578675","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\/578675","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=578675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}