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Katz says IDF will stay at 5 key points in southern Lebanon, despite talks on border disputes
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Defense Minister Israel Katz says the IDF will stay at five strategic points in southern Lebanon “indefinitely,” regardless of negotiations over 13 disputed points on the border.
During an assessment yesterday with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and other top military officials, Katz “clarified that the IDF will remain at the five points that control the buffer zone in Lebanon, indefinitely, for the sake of protecting the residents of the north, and this is without any connection to future negotiations on points of dispute on the border,” his office says.
Katz instructed the IDF to fortify its positions at the five strategic points and prepare to stay there for a long period, his office adds.
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