The Israeli Security Zone in southern Lebanon was a strip of territory of varying width, 5 to 25 km (3 to 16 mi), from the Israeli border and the Golan Heights, occupied by Israeli forces from 1985 to 2000. Additional regions controlled by the South Lebanon Army are sometimes included under the term. The stated purpose of this zone was to put Israel's border towns out of range of small arms and mortar fire.
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