The Israeli military has published for the first time a map of its new deployment line inside Lebanon, bringing dozens of mostly abandoned Lebanese villages under its control, days after a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect, reports Reuters.

There was no immediate comment from Lebanese officials or from Hezbollah.

Stretching east to west, the deployment line on the map runs 5-10 km deep from the border into Lebanese territory, where Israel has said that it plans to create a so-called buffer zone.

.“Five divisions, alongside Israeli Navy forces, are operating simultaneously south of the forward defence line in southern Lebanon in order to dismantle Hezbollah … infrastructure sites and to prevent direct threats to communities in northern Israel,” the military said in a statement accompanying the map.

Asked whether people who fled the Israeli strikes would be allowed to return to their homes, the Israeli military declined to comment.