The three new fortified bases are in Khiam, Maroun El Ras and Maiss El Jabal, built this year. Unifil also counted roughly 20 additional Israeli positions inside the buffer zone. The entrenchment is playing out on the ground too. I've already reported on how Israel is physically expanding its zone of occupation - what it calls a 'security/buffer zone'. Last week that expansion led to a standoff between Lebanese army and Israeli forces at a Deir Mimas checkpoint, forcing LAF to withdraw despite having previously coordinated through the US-backed mechanism. And nine days before that, Kfarshouba's mayor was interrogated & his phone confiscated, with an Israeli officer reportedly telling him to bypass the US-backed mechanism and instead coordinate needs directly with the Israeli army.