In southern Lebanon, residents like 67-year-old Mariam al-Yaghi live amid the destruction left by fighting, while Israeli troops remain stationed in a nearby village ▻ ↧ Drones, explosions and soldiers in bulldozers: surrounded by Israel... Israeli troops withdrew from West Zawtar in July, the first test of a US-backed "pilot zone" plan for Israel to withdraw gradually from southern Lebanon. But two months on, residents say their village is no blueprint.