from Daily Sabah
Israel’s defense minister said Wednesday that troops will indefinitely remain in so-called "security zones" across Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria – an announcement likely to complicate ongoing cease-fire and hostage negotiations with Hamas.
Israeli forces have taken over more than half of Gaza in a renewed campaign to pressure Hamas to release hostages after Israel ended their cease-fire last month.
Israel has also refused to withdraw from some areas in Lebanon following a cease-fire with the Hezbollah group last year and it seized a buffer zone in southern Syria after anti-regime forces overthrew Bashar Assad in December.
"Unlike in the past, the (Israeli military) is not evacuating areas that have been cleared and seized,” Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement...
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