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Shafaq News- Beirut
Israel killed two Lebanese on Thursday in an airstrike targeting
the town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa in southern Lebanon, Lebanese media reported.
Separately, the Lebanese Army said it had deployed patrols
and established checkpoints and observation posts in the towns of Froun,
Ghandoorieh, Qalaouiyeh, Borj Qalaouiyeh, and Kfardounine in the Bint Jbeil
district, as well as Qaqaiyat al-Jisr in the Nabatieh district and Srifa in the
Tyre district.
These areas are outside Israeli military control during the
latest fighting with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
On July 15, the US Embassy in Beirut said Lebanon and Israel had agreed on the structure
and operational guidelines for proposed pilot zones in southern Lebanon
following two days of negotiations in Rome. Under a US-brokered framework
signed on June 26, Israel agreed to withdraw from designated pilot zones before
the Lebanese Army deploys there as part of a phased withdrawal. Israeli forces,
however, have yet to leave those areas, while military operations in Lebanon
have continued.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously
identified Zawtar Al-Gharbiya and Froun as the first two locations in the pilot
phase. Froun’s municipal council, however, had rejected the proposal, arguing
that the town is neither under Israeli occupation nor located along the
so-called Yellow Line.