Israeli withdrawal stalls as southern Lebanon residents struggle to rebuild

Osama Yairi returned to Saudi Arabia in August, but since then nothing in her life has changed. The withdrawal of Israeli troops from this town in southern Lebanon was supposed to be the beginning of the end of a conflict. Instead, the so-called pilot zone process has stalled. We are living on the edge of an abyss. There is gunfire every day. Yesterday, the drone didn't leave. It was filming through the window. I asked it, what do you want? The Israeli army is a few hundred meters from here. The smoke in the distance is of yet another house being burned. Osama shows us what the Israeli military did to her home before they left. More withdrawals should have happened. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who says Hezbollah's full disarmament must come first. He's also said he doesn't trust the Lebanese government to do the job. In a show of support to what Lebanon calls a difficult period, the Arab League secretary-general came with a message. My presence here personally, all the way to the south, reflects that we are talking about real action to complement the political positions which we take, which have a value. He didn't say what action will be taken, and he didn't meet the townspeople who are looking for any assistance to restart their lives. There's also concern about rising tensions, with unsubstantiated accusations by Israel that elements of the Lebanese army are cooperating with Hezbollah. Thousands of kilometers from here, U.S. Central Command is hosting Lebanese and Israeli military delegations in Florida. They are discussing what a U.S. official said is the security dimension of the agreement. A Lebanese army source has told us its command will continue to push back against any pressure for direct military coordination in the south, as well as other demands that many here fear could push the army into conflict with its own population. Zana Khadr, Al Jazeera, Zaltar al-Gharbiyeh, Lebanon.