Lebanese security sources and local eyewitnesses confirmed to Xinhua News Agency reporters on July 21 that after the Israeli army withdrew from Zautar Gharbiyah in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese army had begun to enter the town and set up garrisons. The US State Department issued a statement on the 20th saying that the Israeli military's withdrawal operation from the first “pilot area” in southern Lebanon began on the same day in three villages and towns in southern Lebanon.

Lebanese security sources and local eyewitnesses confirmed to Xinhua News Agency reporters on July 21 that after the Israeli army withdrew from Zautar Gharbiyah in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese army had begun to enter the town and set up garrisons. The US State Department issued a statement on the 20th saying that the Israeli military's withdrawal operation from the first “pilot area” in southern Lebanon began on the same day in three villages and towns in southern Lebanon.