Israel, Lebanon deny reports of Israeli troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon

BEIRUT: Senior Israeli and Lebanese officials denied on Thursday ​that there had been any Israeli withdrawal from occupied southern Lebanon, after a US official said Israel had pulled some troops back in a good faith gesture toward Lebanon’s government. Israel and Lebanon have been discussing a US-backed proposal for Israeli forces to hand some of the territory they occupied in their war with Hezbollah to Lebanon’s military, in a possible step toward restoring Lebanese control in the south.

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