Israel is building a buffer zone inside Lebanon

Israeli forces are constructing a significant security zone inside Lebanese territory, anticipating a long-term presence with little faith in diplomatic solutions to the Hezbollah threat. | Contesto: cronaca

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• Israel is building a buffer zone inside Lebanon

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Israeli military engineers and bulldozers are actively carving out a substantial buffer zone inside Lebanese territory, according to multiple sources familiar with the operation. The construction, which involves clearing land and establishing fortified positions, signals a shift toward a prolonged military occupation of southern Lebanese land. The move comes amid ongoing cross-border exchanges of fire with Hezbollah, with Israeli officials expressing profound skepticism that nascent diplomatic channels with the Lebanese government will yield any timely action to rein in the Iran-backed militant group. The scale and permanence of the earthworks suggest this is more than a temporary tactical position. Analysts observing satellite imagery and ground reports indicate the zone is designed to push Hezbollah's frontline forces and anti-tank units northward, away from the internationally recognized border, known as the Blue Line. The stated Israeli objective is to create a security belt that would prevent a repeat of the October 7th-style infiltrations that Hezbollah has threatened and to protect northern Israeli communities that have been evacuated for months under constant rocket and drone fire. This unilateral action on Lebanese soil carries significant legal and geopolitical ramifications. It constitutes a clear violation of Lebanese sovereignty and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah. That resolution called for the disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon and for the Lebanese state, supported by UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL), to be the sole military force south of the Litani River. Israel's establishment of a buffer zone effectively supersedes this framework, arguing that UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces have failed for nearly two decades to implement the resolution's core tenets. The military operation unfolds against a backdrop of strained, indirect negotiations. While U.S. and European mediators have shuttled proposals between Jerusalem and Beirut, aiming for a diplomatic settlement that would see Hezbollah withdraw its Radwan forces from the border area, Israeli expectations are decidedly low....

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