A 10-day cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, brokered by the US, took effect on Thursday, but Israeli forces remain deployed in a strip of Lebanese territory five to ten kilometers deep along the entire border.
Israel has announced that it wants to create a buffer zone to protect northern Israel from Hezbollah attacks.
On Thursday, the US will host ambassador-level talks between Israel and Lebanon, which was drawn into war on March 2 when Hezbollah opened fire in support of Tehran in the regional conflict.
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Lebanon’s most experienced statesman, told the Lebanese newspaper al-Joumhouria that Lebanon cannot tolerate the loss of even a meter of its land.
– If Israel maintains its occupation of our territory or by drawing the yellow lines, every day it will feel the strength of the resistance – said Berri, the leader of the Amal movement, reports AFP.
(Vijesti.ba/FENA)
