'They've been talking about this pilot for several weeks,' one resident said, adding that if an IDF withdrawal from 'three villages takes so long, what will happen with the dozens of destroyed villages? No one knows when we will return to them, if at all'

The first three villages were chosen because they require little or no immediate Israeli withdrawal; the IDF is preparing both to advance and pull back as Lebanon’s army faces a…

Under a US-brokered plan, Israel is to hand over control of some areas it occupies in Lebanon to Lebanese government.