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Israel Sets Terms for Withdrawal from Lebanon
(Israel Hayom) Lilach Shoval - IDF troops are now positioned at all the entrances to the concrete, fortified Hizbullah command post located on the Ali Taher ridge in the Beaufort area of southern Lebanon. Dozens of Hizbullah terrorists are trapped there inside an underground bunker, which was used to manage fire against IDF soldiers and communities in northern Israel. The IDF is holding its fire at the instruction of Israel's political leadership. The IDF does not intend to withdraw from the site until the terrorists are eliminated or surrender, followed by the destruction of the underground infrastructure. There is consensus among the top political and senior military leadership that Israel should not withdraw from the yellow line inside Lebanese territory. Israel has three minimum conditions for withdrawing its forces from southern Lebanon: the withdrawal of all Hizbullah forces north of the Litani River; the dismantling of Hizbullah's terrorist infrastructure south of the Litani; and full Israeli freedom of action to remove threats.