While Israel is supposed to complete its withdrawal from Lebanon in eight days, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Donald Trump to support the extension of the Israeli army’s presence, according to the Israeli network Channel 12.

According to the same source, Israel claims that the Lebanese army has not been deployed effectively and is not preventing Hezbollah from reorganizing, and that the organization aims to return to the border area once the Israeli army leaves.

Israel seeks to keep the IDF at five key border points to maintain a security zone, the report states.

It also adds that Morgan Ortagus, the U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy, who visited Beirut on Friday, toured the border area with IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and the Head of the Northern Command, Ori Gordini, over the weekend.