Israel Defense Forces soldiers will remain deployed at five outposts in Southern Lebanon beyond the Feb. 18 deadline as set out in the truce deal with Beirut, the army’s Northern Command confirmed on Monday.
Jerusalem’s decision to keep boots on the ground in Lebanon was made in conjunction with the Trump administration and the French, it noted.
The company-size IDF outposts, located within several hundred meters of the border, will be manned by hundreds of fighters until the political echelon decides otherwise, according to the statement.
The five outposts are located at a hill near Labbouneh, opposite the Israeli border town of Shlomi; on the Jabal Blat peak, opposite Moshav Zar’it; on a hill opposite Moshav Avivim and Kibbutz Malkia; on a hill opposite Moshav Margaliot; and on a hill opposite the town of Metula.
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