July 16th, 2026 - 08:56 GMT
Israel tells US Pentagon it’s keeping its forces inside ‘security zones’ in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria
ALBAWABA - Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz, told U.S. Defense Minister Pete Hegseth that Israel is planning to keep its forces inside their ‘security zones’ in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria. Katz’s statement comes just days after U.S. President Donald Trump asked Israel to withdraw its forces from said ‘security zones’, telling Netanyahu that Israeli troop deployment was fueling tensions in the region, saying: "They don't want you there. You should ...
![A Shiite cleric walks past a damaged building on November 20, 2013 at the scene of the previous day's double suicide bombing outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/450721351.jpg?itok=Aw5GYcL8 "A Shiite cleric walks past a damaged building on November 20, 2013 at the scene of the previous day's double suicide bombing outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut. [AFP]")
![Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov leaves the Intercontinental Hotel on the third day of talks on Iran's nuclear program, on November 9, 2013 in Geneva.[AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/187446215_1.jpg?itok=VXdfS92b "Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov leaves the Intercontinental Hotel on the third day of talks on Iran's nuclear program, on November 9, 2013 in Geneva.[AFP]")
![Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/Ismael-Haniyeh-AFP.jpg?itok=O8sBjWYV "Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh [AFP]")
![US President Barack Obama speaks during a joint press conference with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following a bilateral meeting at the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem on March 20, 2013. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/164146177.jpg?itok=kkwL8N3h "US President Barack Obama speaks during a joint press conference with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following a bilateral meeting at the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem on March 20, 2013. [Getty Images]")
![A rebel fighter from the Free Syrian Army runs in a street of Aleppo's Salah al-Din neighbourhood during fighting against Syrian government forces on November 18, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/450372837.jpg?itok=3xQpPY1d "A rebel fighter from the Free Syrian Army runs in a street of Aleppo's Salah al-Din neighbourhood during fighting against Syrian government forces on November 18, 2013. [AFP]")
![Car rigged with 400 kg (250 pounds) of explosives was found by the Lebanese army abandoned on a road between the villages of Makneh and Yunin in the Bekaa Valley, late on November 21, 2013. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/451316687.jpg?itok=AxCO6hPM "Car rigged with 400 kg (250 pounds) of explosives was found by the Lebanese army abandoned on a road between the villages of Makneh and Yunin in the Bekaa Valley, late on November 21, 2013. [Getty Images]")
![Lebanese President Michel Suleiman. [naharnet]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/slei.jpg?itok=GiJqpzfz "Lebanese President Michel Suleiman. [naharnet]")
![Iraqi men clean the rubble at the site of a blast that took place the previous day outside a cafe in Baghdad's Bayaa neighborhood on November 21, 2013. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/451021707.jpg?itok=F6Tp3MMD "Iraqi men clean the rubble at the site of a blast that took place the previous day outside a cafe in Baghdad's Bayaa neighborhood on November 21, 2013. [Getty Images]")
![A Palestinian woman cooks her food on fire wood in Biet Hanun northern Gaza Strip, on November 19, 2013, due to the shortage in butane gas across the Hamas run Palestinian territory. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/450533057.jpg?itok=yRWO-Pvx "A Palestinian woman cooks her food on fire wood in Biet Hanun northern Gaza Strip, on November 19, 2013, due to the shortage in butane gas across the Hamas run Palestinian territory. [AFP]")
![Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends talks flanked by members of his delegation during talks over Iran's nuclear programme in Geneva on November 22, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/451309145.jpg?itok=5oCfUgmV "Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends talks flanked by members of his delegation during talks over Iran's nuclear programme in Geneva on November 22, 2013. [AFP]")
![John Kerry delivers remarks at the Closing Session of the 2013 US-China High-Level Consultation on People-to-People Exchange, November 21, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/451085243.jpg?itok=2YtiYFDc "John Kerry delivers remarks at the Closing Session of the 2013 US-China High-Level Consultation on People-to-People Exchange, November 21, 2013. [AFP]")
![Intercontinental Hotel during talks over Iran's nuclear programme in Geneva on November 21, 2013. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/451063373.jpg?itok=L7GgDLo5 "Intercontinental Hotel during talks over Iran's nuclear programme in Geneva on November 21, 2013. [Getty Images]")
