# Lebanon’s ‘pilot zones’ face test as Israeli strikes displace southern residents

https://mins.news/en/video/26726

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-08-19 23:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTR9EW1_63c

> Lebanon and Israel are discussing so-called pilot zones in southern Lebanon, where Israeli forces would withdraw and the Lebanese Army would take control, potentially enabling displaced residents to return. Yet while negotiations continue, Israeli strikes are driving people from villages beyond the 10-kilometre area already occupied by Israeli forces. In Mansouri, residents were told to evacuate before strikes hit, while the Lebanese Army was also ordered …

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