Reporter's notebook: The 'Post' visits northern communities at Lebanon border after IDF withdrawal.
In a response to the threats in the region, around 1,300 protective shelters and 20 fortified guard posts have been installed across northern Israel.
Levin is now expected to try to push through one of the key planks of his judicial reform -- changes in how the court is selected.
If the Lebanese army deploys faster to the rest of southern Lebanon, the IDF might feel compelled to complete its withdrawal faster as well.
Raad said his group had "extended its hand" by helping to secure Aoun's election as Lebanon's president last week, only to find the "hand cut off."
Yisrael Beytenu MK Avigdor Liberman said that an IDF withdrawal of southern Lebanon by Jan. 26 would be "an abandonment of the northern residents and an extreme act of irresponsibility."
Aoun's media appearances are extremely rare, and he has not stated a view on Hezbollah's arsenal.
Aoun kept Lebanon's army out of the war that raged between Israel and Hezbollah for over a year.
Sources with knowledge of the matter told the Post that the Biden administration believes the Lebanese Army has accelerated its deployment in southern Lebanon.
After October 7, 2023, some 60,000 residents of northern Israel fled their homes. Many are still hesitant to come back.
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