BEIRUT: The Israeli military ordered 1000’s of displaced Lebanese to not return to villages close to the border till additional discover, a day after it mentioned its forces would stay in south Lebanon past a Sunday (Jan 26) deadline to withdraw.
The deadline is a part of a ceasefire that ended last year’s war between Hezbollah and Israel. Brokered by Washington and Paris, the deal stipulated that Israeli forces ought to withdraw from south Lebanon because the Iran-backed group’s weapons and fighters are faraway from the realm and the Lebanese military deploys, inside in a 60-day interval which ends on Sunday.
However Israel mentioned on Friday the phrases had not been totally enforced by the Lebanese state, that means Israeli troops would keep past Sunday, with out saying for a way lengthy.
Lebanon’s US-backed army on Saturday accused Israel of procrastinating in its withdrawal.
In an announcement on social media platform X, the Israeli army posted a map displaying an space of the south containing dozens of villages. It mentioned till additional discover residents stay forbidden from returning to their properties.
“Anybody who strikes south of this line places themselves at risk,” the assertion mentioned. The road stretches from Shebaa, lower than 2 km (1.5 miles) from the border within the east, to Mansouri within the west – about 10 km (6 miles) from the border.
