Israel requests to keep troops in Lebanon until Feb. 28, two sources say

BEIRUT: Israel has requested to keep its troops in five posts in southern Lebanon until February 28, a Lebanese official and foreign diplomat told Reuters on Wednesday.

Under a ceasefire deal agreed in November between Lebanon and Israel, Israeli troops had until January 26 to withdraw from southern Lebanon.

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The deal has already been extended until February 18 but the sources said Israel had requested an additional extension through the committee overseeing the ceasefire.