NNA - Israel is seeking to keep control of five strategic points on high ground in southern Lebanon after the deadline for its forces to withdraw, setting up a diplomatic test for the Trump administration as it works to manage shaky cease-fires in the region. 

Israel says it needs the positions to defend its communities after a year of war with Hezbollah. But Lebanon has rejected the idea, creating friction around a deal that ended months of fighting that included thousands of Israeli airstrikes and an invasion of southern Lebanon. --- WSJ

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