Israeli forces killed 22 people in Southern Lebanon on Sunday as a date of their withdrawal, and thousands of people tried to return to their homes against Israeli military orders, the Lebanese authorities gave.
Israel said on Friday that he would keep the soldiers in the south outside the Sunday deadline, set off into a suspension of weapons with the US confusion, which stopped last year's war with Hezbollah, saying that Lebanon did not fully enforce the conditions demanding from southern Lebanon to free himself from Hezbollah Arms and The the Hezbollah ARMS and the Lebanese army to be placed.
The army in Lebanon, which reported one of his soldiers among people killed by Israeli forces on Sunday, accused Israel of delaying in retreat.
The Hezbollah-Izrael conflict fought in parallel with the war in Gaza and reached the peak in a large Israeli offensive uprooted over a million people In Lebanon and left the group supported by Iran, poorly weakened.
The Ministry of Health of Lebanon stated that 22 people were killed, and another 124 wounded in many locations in the south, as a result of what they described as Israeli attacks on citizens when they tried to enter their still busy towns.
The Israeli army stated that his troops “operating in southern Lebanon fired warning shots to remove threats in many areas where the suspects were identified, approaching soldiers.” He also said “many suspects … this posed an inevitable threat” was detained.
Al-Manar Hezbollah, broadcast from several locations in the south, showed the materials of residents moving towards the villages early on Sunday, some keep the group's flag and paintings of Hezbollah warriors killed during the war.
The Israeli military spokesman, addressing the inhabitants of southern Lebanon in the post of X, accused Hezbollah of an attempt to “heat the situation” and said that the Israeli army “in the near future” would inform them about the places to which they could return.
Hezbollah placed a burden in the Lebanese state to ensure Israel's withdrawal.
Hassan Fadlallah, the legislator of Hezbollah, said that Lebanon was involved in a weapon suspension agreement, but Israel turned against it with US support. The White House said on Friday that a short, temporary extension of the arms suspension was urgently needed.
Call for the arrangement of the Lebanon Army in the villages
“What is happening in border villages is a liberation of the strength of the people, and our people will not be broken by the Israeli army,” he told Reuters. “We want the state to play its full role and the army is arranged in the villages.”
“We work with him to facilitate her mission.”
The most important UN official in Lebanon and the head of the UN peace in the south said that the conditions “are not yet on the spot” for the safe return of Lebanese citizens to the villages near the border. “The fact is that the times provided for” suspended weapons “have not been met,” they said in a statement.
The contract specifies the 60-day implementation schedule.
President Joseph Aun, commander of the Lebanon Army Parliament chose it The head of the state on January 9, called the inhabitants of the South to exercise self -esteem and trust in the Lebanese army.
“Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity are not negotiable, and I follow this issue at the highest levels to ensure your rights and dignity,” he said in a statement.
Israel did not say how long his forces remain in the south, where the Israeli army claims that he grabs Hezbollah's weapon and dismantling her infrastructure.
Israel said that his offensive against Hezbollah was aimed at ensuring a return to the house of tens of thousands of Israelis who were forced to leave the houses on the border through the Hesbollah rocket.
Hezbollah opened fire to support his Palestinian ally Hamas at the beginning of the war in Gaza on October 8, 2023.