Stories of south Lebanese residents now in the Israeli 'buffer zone'

Dozens of villages in south Lebanon have become completely inaccessible to civilians after Israel announced Sunday the establishment of a “yellow line,” marking the boundary of a "buffer zone" it claims as an “advanced defense line.”The zone, spanning several hundred square kilometers, extends up to eight to 10 kilozmeters into Lebanese territory, south of the Litani River.While Israeli forces had already been targeting these areas since the outbreak of the latest war with Hezbollah on March 2, the announcement effectively formalizes control over a strip of land that some residents fear they may never be able to return to. More than a million Lebanese have been displaced by Israeli attacks and threats since the war began. Need the context? Israel’s ‘yellow line,’ from south Lebanon to Syria: Gaza as a blueprint for Lebanon ...