The Israeli Army reported this Thursday that suspicious individuals arrived in several areas of southern Lebanon aboard vehicles, which it considered a violation of the conditions of the ceasefire that began on Wednesday at 4:00 in the morning.
“During the last hour, several suspects were identified as arriving in vehicles in several areas of southern Lebanon, violating the conditions of the ceasefire. The Israel Defense Forces opened fire on them,” the army said in a statement.
Israeli tanks have fired on three towns along the border. At least two people have been injured, according to information published by the Lebanese National News Agency, following attacks by Israeli forces in the city of Merkaba, in southern Lebanon.
A Hezbollah deputy, Hassan Fadlallah, has denounced that Israel has violated the ceasefire. “The Israeli enemy is attacking those who return to their border towns,” he stated.
The Israeli Army has named this Thursday ten towns in southern Lebanon that make up the area to which Lebanese are prohibited from traveling; These are: Shebaa, Al-Habbariyeh, Marjayoun, Arnoun, Yahmar, Al-Qantara, Shaqra, Bara’shit, Yater and Al-Mansouri, according to what was stated by the Arabic spokesman for the Israeli Army, Avichay Adraee.
From the first hours after the cessation of hostilities came into force at dawn on Wednesday, the roads leading to the south and east of Lebanon were filled with traffic jams due to the large number of families who headed back to the hardest hit regions. , with 1.2 million displaced by the conflict, which began a year ago and intensified on September 23.
Furthermore, on this first day of truce, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, have given orders to the Army not to allow the return to the south of the country of the population forcibly displaced during these last two months. after the start of the Israeli ground incursion.
On Wednesday morning, the Israeli Army also reported that it shot at a vehicle “with several suspects” in a no-traffic zone in southern Lebanon, but stressed its commitment to respecting the truce agreement.
The US ceasefire proposal includes three stages: a truce followed by the withdrawal of the forces of the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah north of the Litani River; a complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon within 60 days and, finally, negotiations between Israel and Lebanon on the demarcation of their border, which is currently a boundary set by the UN after the 2006 war .
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