This photograph taken from the northern Israel shows an Israeli military vehicle driving along the road in the southern Lebanon near the border with Israel, on April 17, 2026. (Credit: Jalaa Marey / AFP)
The map released by the Israeli army outlining the “yellow line” zone in southern Lebanon clearly suggests that Israel is preparing to significantly reshape realities on the ground — both in Lebanon and in its wider surroundings, effectively amounting to a de-facto annexation of Lebanese territory into areas already under Israeli control in Syria.The buffer zone stretches across several hundred square kilometers along the Blue Line. It encompasses dozens of towns and villages, including Khiam, Qantara, Bint Jbeil, Naqoura and Bayyada, as well as tens of localities on the northern bank of the Litani River, around the river’s bend in the eastern sector, such as Yohmor al-Shaqif in the Nabatieh district, as shown on the map.A maritime buffer zone is also planned off southern Lebanon, marked by a straight line extending westward from Bayyada...
The map released by the Israeli army outlining the “yellow line” zone in southern Lebanon clearly suggests that Israel is preparing to significantly reshape realities on the ground — both in Lebanon and in its wider surroundings, effectively amounting to a de-facto annexation of Lebanese territory into areas already under Israeli control in Syria.The buffer zone stretches across several hundred square kilometers along the Blue Line. It encompasses dozens of towns and villages, including Khiam, Qantara, Bint Jbeil, Naqoura and Bayyada, as well as tens of localities on the northern bank of the Litani River, around the river’s bend in the eastern sector, such as Yohmor al-Shaqif in the Nabatieh district, as shown on the map.A maritime buffer zone is also planned off southern Lebanon, marked by a straight line extending westward from...
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