In occupied zone of Lebanon, Israeli military veterans see shadow of past wars

ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER: Israeli leaders describe the territory now occupied in Lebanon as a war gain, but some military veterans see the so-called “buffer zone” as a deadly replay of a doomed strategy they experienced first-hand. Gil Shely recalls being told daily by his commanders ​in the late 1980s, in what was known then as the southern Lebanon “security strip,” that he was protecting Israel’s north. “Looking back, it was all fairy tales,” he said. Israel withdrew from that strip in 2000. Its troops are now back, occupying a swath of southern Lebanon about 10 km (six miles) deep.

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