ToI reports from new Lebanon 'forward defense area'

About this episode

Emanuel Fabian reports on the Israeli military's reestablishment of a security zone in southern Lebanon amidst ongoing tensions with Hezbollah.

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan  for today's episode. On Sunday, for the first time since hostilities with Hezbollah escalated last month during the Iran war — when the terror group resumed rocket and drone attacks on Israel — Israeli reporters were allowed by the Israel Defense Forces to enter southern Lebanon, in an escorted visit to the newly established security zone. Fabian was there and reports back on the experience of entering Lebanon and the new road infrastructure that has been laid there. We discuss how the Israeli military is, in essence, reestablishing a security zone that it left some 26 years ago. Fabian explains why commanders say that this time around, it will not carry with it the same dangers that troops faced during the 18-year occupation of southern Lebanon in 1982-2000. In the second half of the program, we turn to a briefing Fabian attended on Friday. The IDF said that it remains on high alert and ready to return to fighting in both Iran and Lebanon if the…

People in this episode

Host: Amanda Borschel-Dan

Guest: Emanuel Fabian

Topics covered

• Israel
• Lebanon
• Hezbollah
• military
• security zone
• IDF
• Middle East

Keywords

• Lebanon
• IDF
• Hezbollah
• security zone
• Iran war
• military correspondent
• Emanuel Fabian
• Amanda Borschel-Dan
• Israel

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Israel Defense Forces, The Times of Israel

Places: Lebanon, Israel, Iran

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