The Lebanese army withdraws from the border with Israel – media

The Lebanese army is withdrawing from several positions on Israel’s southern border following shelling and reports of an IDF ground operation. This was reported on Monday, September 30 by Reuters, CNN and the Times of Israel.

Media indicated that Lebanese troops had retreated at least five kilometers north of the border.

CNN, citing a source in the Lebanese security services, reports that the Lebanese army has evacuated observation posts on Lebanon’s southern border with Israel and moved them to barracks in border villages. .

Lebanese media also reported massive Israeli artillery shelling in the border village of Wazzani.

Al Arabiya TV channel, citing sources, reported that Israeli army tanks entered the city of Rmeish in southern Lebanon.

In turn, the IDF reported, the area around three settlements near the border with Lebanon – the city of Metula and kibbutzim Misgav Am and Kfar Giladi – has been declared a closed military zone.

State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Israel has told the US it is conducting limited ground operations targeting Hezbollah infrastructure in Lebanon near the Israeli border.

“This is what they told us they are currently conducting – limited operations targeting Hezbollah infrastructure near the border,” he said.

Let’s recall that the head of the IDF Northern Command, Major General Ori Gordin, and the head of the Operations Directorate of the General Staff, Major General Oded Basyuk, previously approved the plan for an offensive on Lebanese territory.