The ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza appears rapidly on Sunday when Israeli forces killed hundreds of people in southern Lebanon, Lebanese officials said, while Israel returned to Palestinians to their homes in Gaza. Stopped, saying that Hamas violated the terms. Cease
In Lebanon, negotiators hoped that the ceasefire, which was signed in November, would be permanent, which would bring peace to a certain extent in the tumultuous region. Thousands of Lebanese displaced from the war have landed on the streets leading to the south and are returning to their homes.
But when the deadline for withdrawal of Israeli soldiers and militant group Hezbollah forces from southern Lebanon passed, a completely different scenario was taking place. The Lebanese Ministry of Health said that Israeli forces killed at least 22 people and injured 120 in southern Lebanon, which made the country’s most deadly day since the end of the war in November.
The Israeli military said in a statement late Sunday that it had fired “warning bullets to eliminate the dangers” – a formulation that suggested that the shots were more than only alerts. It states that there were “dozens of mischief” in the area. The army also said that its troops had seen a “Hezbollah flag car” and that its forces had conducted an operation to remove the threat. “
In recent times, Israeli authorities have expressed concern that Hezbollah is still active in southern Lebanon and is suspected of imposing the Lebanese army’s ability to control the group.
These claims could not be independently confirmed. The five -member committee that oversees the ceasefire implementation has not released any information about Hizbullah’s compliance with the ceasefire terms.
“The situation must be protected from further deterioration,” the UN peacekeeping army, known as the UNIFIL, known as UNIFIL, warned in a statement on Sunday. He called on the Israeli army to refrain from firing on civilians and follow the Lebanese army’s instructions.
“Further violence is in danger of damaging the critical security situation,” the statement said.
In his statement late on Sunday, the Israeli army said it was “committed to continuing work between Israel and Lebanon, despite efforts to return to southern Lebanon in southern Lebanon.”
Tens of thousands of Israelis, who were expelled from their homes in northern Israel 15 months ago, are reluctant to return to fear of cross -border attacks.
Citizens who were displaced by the war in the Gaza Strip on Sunday were also prevented from returning to their homes. Israeli soldiers prevented them from doing so when Israeli authorities accused Hamas of violating the terms of the ceasefire agreement, which came into force a week ago.
Officials on both sides said they were in touch with mediators to try to resolve the crisis, which is one of the most important between the parties because the ceasefire in the battle after a 15 -month destructive battle. At least temporarily stopped.
Under the terms of the initial phase of the Gaza ceasefire, which was agreed this month, Israel was expected to withdraw some of its troops after the exchange of other hostages and prisoners on Saturday, and millions of wounds. The gone will allow Gaza’s residents to move north.
The Israeli government said that Hamas violated the agreement by failing to comply with the orders to release the hostages and to provide Israel about the condition of the Gazaitis in Gaza, which on October 7, 2023. The choice was captured at the time of the attack on Israel. .
Israeli officials said the agreement was to include one of the hostages of the hostages released on Saturday as part of the exchange of Palestinians in Israeli prisons. Hamas released four women Israeli soldiers and Israel released 200 Palestinian prisoners – but Ms. Jewish place was not clear.
Hussein al -Battash, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad official, who has been a small armed organization and sometimes a rival in Gaza, told the New York Times on Sunday that Ms. Jews were in the custody of the Quds Brigades, who was the militant wing of the group. Yes. He said that Ms Jew was not released on Saturday for “technical reasons”.
Mr Al -Batash said that senior leaders of Islamic Jihad were involved in talks with mediators. The group’s spokesman, Mohammad Alhaj Musa, then said in a statement that Ms Jew would be released before next week to allow the homeless Gaza residents to return to the north as soon as possible.
Israel denied that an agreement had been reached on the return of Ms Jew. An official aware of the details said Sunday evening said that contacts with the mediators were underway and he reiterated that unless the issue of release of Ms Jew would be resolved, Israel would not allow homeless Gaza residents to move north. –
On Sunday, a large crowd of homeless Palestinians are waiting near the Nitzar transit – an area that Israeli forces divided into two parts – Palestinian media circulating in the north to return to the north. –
The Palestinian Authority news agency Wafa has reported that one person was killed and several injured in firing on a crowd of people waiting for Israeli forces to return to the north of Nasser in central Gaza. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request to comment on these reports.
A Palestinian, 37 -year -old Ghada al -Kard, said he chose to stay in Central Gaza on Sunday, despite his desire to return home to the north. “I won’t risk my life,” he said. “These soldiers cannot be trusted.”
Ms. Al Kard, who had left her house and her two daughters in the city of Gaza in the early weeks of the war, once again wondered when she would finally meet them. “Here we are just waiting, feeling stressful and anxious,” he said. “They are playing with our fate,” he added.
Similar sentiments were expressed in thousands of Lebanese who were trying to rob their homes in towns and villages along the Israeli border, despite warning by the Lebanese and Israeli army that it is not yet safe to do so. –
On Sunday afternoon, hundreds of people were anxiously waiting outside Mess Jabal, a village along the southern border of Lebanon.
Ibrahim Hamood, 41, said he had recently watched a video sent by a Lebanese army friend inside the village: the structure was standing, which was getting some relief, though a video in the video. The Israeli tank was also shown, standing outside it. His door in front, he said.
“I’ve been away from my village for more than a year, away from my house,” Mr Hamood said in a phone interview. “I never thought I would come back.”
This crisis is a critical test for new Lebanese leaders. President Joseph Aun and nominated Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, when they want to take away some political control from Hezbollah and make it an active state.
Experts have warned that long Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon can put a new life in Hezbollah, a group that was founded to liberate Lebanon from Israeli occupation, and has made itself Lebanon. Offered as the only power to protect the borders.
As long as Israel is occupying Lebanon, Sami Nadar, director of the Institute of Political Sciences at St. Joseph’s University in Beirut, said it was raising Hezbollah’s statement.
For those who managed to enter their village in southern Lebanon, the destruction of the catastrophe was immense. In the Israeli attack that began on October 1, 2024, the entire neighborhood became a pile of rubble, which aimed to disability Hezbollah. A day after the Hamas attack in Gaza, the militant group started firing on Israel.
In the southern town of Aita al -Shayab, most of which is now in ruins, residential debris passes through the streets and flats. Among them were the mayor of the town, Muhammad Sarwar, who was displaced more than a year ago after the attacks between Hezbollah and Israel began.
He said Israeli soldiers have not yet been completely back away from the town and are firing on civilians periodically. Claims could not be independently confirmed. Still, Mr. Server is determined.
“Today, Aita is celebrating a long wait return,” he said. “The house was destroyed and the bread was gone, but our desire to live is stronger. We will rebuild.”
Was co -co -operated by reporting Habba Yazbek, Eid Abuhovila, Jonatan Race, Gabi Sobelman, Myra novic, Ha’ida Sa’ad And Diana Awesha.
