Last week, the Lebanese military began deploying to the devastated village, one of the first "pilot zones" under a framework agreement reached between Israel and Lebanon in June. Israeli troops had not been stationed inside Zawtar al-Gharbiya but had been carrying out incursions from its outskirts, before withdrawing from that area last week. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementAn AFP team in the village saw Israeli military vehicles operating on a nearby hill. Explosions rang out from nearby villages where smoke rose, as Lebanon says Israeli troops continue to detonate or otherwise demolish buildings in areas under their control. After months away from Zawtar al-Gharbiya, Mahmoud Turkiye, 70, was also sceptical.