The Israeli military said on Saturday it has established a “Yellow Line” boundary in Lebanon, similar to the division used in the Gaza Strip, reporting targeting suspected militants approaching its troops along the line, as Israel seeks to expand its invasion of southern Lebanon.
"Over the past 24 hours, IDF forces operating south of the Yellow Line in southern Lebanon identified terrorists who violated the cease-fire understandings and approached the forces from north of the Yellow Line in a manner that posed an immediate threat," the military said, referring to such a line for the first time since a cease-fire came into effect.
"Immediately after identification and in order to eliminate the threat... forces attacked the terrorists in several areas in southern Lebanon," it said, noting that the military was authorized to take action against threats, despite the cease-fire.
Since a cease-fire came into effect in Gaza on October 10, the Palestinian territory has been split by a "Yellow Line", the de facto boundary dividing Gaza into two zones: one under Israeli military control and one under Hamas control.
Israel and Lebanon agreed to a 10-day cease-fire on Thursday in order to negotiate an end to six weeks of war between Israel and the Iran-backed group Hezbollah.
