Israeli army kills 22 people in south Lebanon on day of withdrawal deadline

Health officials said 22 people were killed in southern Lebanon on January 26, including a soldier, after residents withdrew Israel under Israeli agreement, health officials said. Tried to get back home day. The Lebanese Ministry of Health said on Sunday that Israeli forces have “fired on civilians who were trying to return to their villages that are still underway. [Israeli] Profession. “It states that 22 people, including six women and a soldier, were killed and 124 were injured. The Lebanese army also announced the death of a soldier and said another was injured.

The last date of the evacuation is part of a ceasefire agreement two months ago, which ended the war with Israeli -backed Hezbollah, which weakened the Lebanese militant group. The November 27 deal said that the Lebanese army has to deploy with UN peacekeepers in the south as the Israeli army returned in a 60 -day period ending on Sunday. The sides have accused the delay in implementing the deal, and on Friday, Israel said it would maintain cross -border troops in southern Lebanon beyond the date of bridgeout.

The Israeli military said in a statement that its “troops working in southern Lebanon fired warning shots to remove threats”, where “the identity of the suspects came near the soldiers.” It added, “Several suspects … who put soldiers threatened to a blindness.”

Hundreds of people, some yellow Hezbollah flags, caravans, are trying to go to several border villages, reporters at the Agency France-Press (AFP).

A joint statement by the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Genin Henis Plaschart, and the head of the UNFEL Peace Peace Mission has acknowledged that “there are no circumstances yet for citizens to return to their villages.”

Lebanese President Joseph Aun, the former Army Chief, who assumed power earlier this month, called on the residents to keep a cool head and “trust the Lebanese army”, which he said “Your Want to ensure your safe return to homes and villages. ” Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib McCatti called on Sunday for supporters of the Seas Fire Agreement – a group that includes the United States and France – “to force the Israeli enemy to evacuate.”

Macron’s office said that French President Emmanuel Macron told Netanyahu in a telephone call on Sunday that “withdraw his forces still in Lebanon” and emphasized the importance of restoring the Lebanese State Authority across the country.

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Lee Monday with AFP

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