Beirut, Lebanon – Israel Maintaining forces in five locations on Lebanese territoryWhich raises fears that it plans to get a new long -term profession.

Israel was initially asked to withdraw its army from southern Lebanon on January 26 as part of a The ceasefire agreement with the Lebanese group HezbollahWhich entered into force on November 27.

As part of the agreement, both the Israeli forces and the Lebanese Shiite Group Hezbollah were withdrawing from southern Lebanon – a region that has the latter controlled – allowed the Lebanese army and United Nations peace diseases to spread and control the region.

However, the Israeli forces remained in many Lebanese villages after January, prompting the Lebanese government and Hezbollah to accept a new time frame to withdraw Israel on February 18.

The deadline has now passed and Israel is still refusing to leave Lebanon completely.

This is all you need to know about the repercussions of the occupation of Israel.

Why is Israel in Lebanon in the first place?

On October 1, 2024, Israel Toures were sent over their northern borders to Lebanon As part of a wider war with Hezbollah.

Israel and Hezbollah were working in a low -density conflict for about a year before. The clashes began a day after Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, Israel began its war on Gaza.

Hezbollah began the clashes with the declared goal of pressuring Israel to end the war on Gaza, which has now killed more than 61,700 Palestinians.

However, Israel gradually escalated its conflict with Hezbollah instead and eventually invaded southern Lebanon with the stated goal to secure its borders so that thousands of Israelis could return to their villages in northern Israel. The Israelis were forced to leave because of the Hezbollah fire, as the vast areas of southern Lebanon were extracted as a result of Israeli attacks.

Israel’s attacks on Lebanon Nearly 4000 people were killed – Many civilians – and took off hundreds of thousands of their homes.

Why are the Israelis residing in Lebanon?

Simply put, there is no Lebanese force now that has the power or the ability to force Israel to get out of its territory if the latter does not want to leave.

The ceasefire agreement is supposed to be monitored through the peacekeeping mechanism, chaired by the United States and includes France. The United States is the closest ally of Israel and Usually, Israel is allowed To betray its verbal obligations, as well as obligations under international law.

The United States does not seem to push Israel to the full withdrawal of Lebanese territory in line with the ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah.

On the contrary, Israel claims to remain in “five strategic points” until the Lebanese army will implement its side of the deal.

Some experts believe that the existence and rejection of Israel may eventually be withdrawn can rule hostilities.

Where do they get exactly?

The Israeli forces will remain in five heils sitting at different points along the Lebanese border with Israel. They are fashion, Al -Awyida, Al -Hamis, Jabal Bilat, and Labwah.

It should also be noted that Israel has decades Shebaa farms occupiedA small area along the border between Lebanon and the height of the Golan in Syria, an area that it has also implemented illegally. Lebanon claims that its Shebaa farms, but Israel says it is part of the Golan Heights, referring to a pre -existing dispute between Syria and Lebanon dating back to the 1940s.

What was the reaction?

The government of Lebanon opposed any Israeli presence that remained on its soil and said that Israel should withdraw as part of the ceasefire agreement.

Israel claimed that its actions were a “temporary measure” and was approved by the United States -led body that monitors the ceasefire.

But Lebanese President Joseph Aoun previously raised fears that the full withdrawal will not be achieved by the deadline, saying, “The Israeli enemy cannot be trusted.”

At the same time, Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem called on the Lebanese government to implement the ceasefire agreement and said that Israel “must withdraw” on February 18 and that it is “no excuse.”

He said in a televised speech: “The Lebanese state has a responsibility to make Israel withdraw.”

Hezbollah also said that it will consider any Israeli forces still on Lebanese soil as an occupying power. The group had previously fought against an Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon that spanned the eighties, forcing the Israeli forces in 2000.

However, Israeli leaders and the United States were refusing.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio simply called on the Lebanese state to disarm Hezbollah, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised that Israel would “implement” the ceasefire agreement.

European diplomats hit a more reconciliation tone, as France suggested last week that the United Nations peacekeepers would replace the Israeli forces in the five homes of the hills to maintain the ceasefire and ensure mutual security.

The mission of peacekeeping in southern Lebanon, UNIFIL, has also issued a statement saying that Israel hopes to withdraw without any delay delay.

“Another delay in this process is not what we were hoping to happen, not at least because it continues to violate the United Nations Security Council resolution 1701 (2006). However, this should not be overwhelmed by the tangible progress that has been made since the understanding entered into force In late November. “

Are Israel illegal behavior?

Serenivas Bora, legal researcher and professor at the University of South Asia in New Delhi, told the island that Israel’s invasion of Lebanon before the ceasefire agreement was illegal and its continuous presence in violation of the agreement as well.

In addition, Bora said that the only credibility argument that Israel can mobilize is that the Lebanese army is unable to secure southern Lebanon from Hezbollah. He said that until then, Israel should indicate that its profession will be temporary by determining a new time frame for its withdrawal.

“I think Israel has a weak argument to stay in it [Lebanon]Bora said Al -Jazeera.

But Michael Baker, Assistant Professor of International Law at Trainte College, Dublin, says that Israel may have a legal basis for staying in southern Lebanon

He said that, according to international law, any party has the right to suspend its obligations towards an agreement if another party does not fulfill a necessary obligation to complete the general purpose of the agreement.

In addition, he said that the conditions for the ceasefire states that Israel “must withdraw from Lebanon after 60 days. The drafting indicates that the time frame for the withdrawal of Israel from Lebanon is a recommendation.

In the end, any decision from Israel not to complete [army’s] Withdrawal from Lebanon during a 60 -day period indicates the need for all parties to determine the clear criteria to facilitate the completion of Israel’s withdrawal.

It should be noted that Israel occupied the Palestinian territories, including the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza, since 1967, and has repeatedly ignored the United Nations resolutions that end its occupation, as well as the opinion of an international court of justice last year that its occupation and the establishment of settlements in the occupied territories were Illegal under international law.

What happens after that?

Israel has warned that it was ready to resume hostilities. The Israeli army has not hesitated to target residents returning to their homes so far. At least 22 people were killed by the Israeli forces On January 26, the first deadline for withdrawal.

For its part, Hezbollah was subjected to a deep beating of the war with Israel, which has witnessed that it is losing a lot of its supreme leadership and reports is a great deal of its arsenal. It is unlikely to want to give the Israelis any justification for the resumption of bombing targets in Lebanon.

However, Israel’s insistence to remain in the border sites has put an obstacle to the newly formed Lebanese government’s efforts to obtain the entire country’s confidence.

Lebanon has said it is a diplomat with the United States, France and its countries for a solution that respects its sovereignty.

On Monday, Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Joe Rajji said on Monday that he suggested that UNIFIL take over the five points occupied by Israel. However, he added that the proposal was rejected.