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MARJAYOUN and NABATIYEH, Lebanon - While Israel pushes its ground troops deeper into south Lebanon toward the Litani River, Hezbollah is responding by retreating to the mountains around the towns of Marjayoun and Nabatiyeh, Asia Times Online on-the-ground investigations show.

In preparation for its push north, Israel has dropped pamphlets urging all civilians to leave the cities around and including Tyre and Sidon. This is likely to be followed by heavy aerial attacks, and then the ground troops.

The plan is that once Israeli forces reach the Litani, Hezbollah would have no option but to retreat up to the Bekaa Valley or into northern cities, where its fighters would be more isolated.

However, this is not as simple as it appears, and a visit by this correspondent to the mountain vastness of Marjayoun and Nabatiyeh confirms that the Lebanese resistance also has a two-pronged plan.

Asia Times