How Israel’s new ‘security belts’ could impact Middle East stability

article author: ANAN TELLO Wed, 2026-06-17 22: 12 LONDON: In what it describes as a campaign of self-defense, Israel has seized approximately 1, 000 sq. km of land in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria since October 2023 — about 5 percent of its territory within the 1949 borders, according to a recent analysis. The new zones of control, rights groups say, have displaced millions of people, razed residential areas and destroyed swathes of farmland. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described these territorial seizures as “deep security belts” beyond Israel’s borders. Main category: Middle East Tags: War in Gaza Battlefield Lebanon Editor’s Choice Special

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