On Sunday, after Israel’s forces killed the score of people in southern Lebanon, Lebanese officials said, while in Gaza they prevented the Palestinians prevented that Hamas had violated the score of people in southern Lebanon, Lebanese officials said while preventing Palestinians in the south, Lebanon said In Gaza they prevented Palestinians from Lebanon and Gaza. truce.
In Lebanon, the negotiators hoped that the ceasefire that was signed in November would be permanent and ensure peace of peace in the turbulent region. Thousands of Lebanese displaced war were poured to the roads leading to the south and headed back to their homes.
But as a deadline on Sunday, a very different scenario was formed on Sunday for the withdrawal of Israeli troops and the forces of the militant group Hezbollah from South Lebanon. The Lebanese Ministry of Health said the Israeli forces were killed by at least 22 people and injured 120 in South Lebanon, so Sunday the deadliest day in the country ended in November.
In its statement, the Israeli army said on Sunday that it fired “warning shots to remove threats” – a formulation that suggests that the shots could be more than just warning. It is said that there were “dozens of riots” in the area. The army also said that its soldiers noticed “vehicles with Hezbollah” and that her forces “worked to eliminate the threat”.
Israeli officials have in recent days concern that Hezbollah remains active in South Lebanon and has doubts about the ability of the Lebanese army in the group.
These statements could not be independently verified. The five -member committee, which oversees the fire fire, did not disclose any information about the conditions of the ceasefire hezbollah.
The UN peaceful forces in Lebanon, known as Unifil, warned on Sunday that it was “necessary to avoid further deterioration of the situation”. He called on the Israeli army to avoid shooting on civilians and to keep Lebanonians guidelines.
“Other violence risk is undermined by a fragile security situation,” the statement said.
In his statement on Sunday, the Israeli army stated that “she was decided to continue working in accordance with understanding between Israel and Lebanon, despite the attempts of Hezbollah to return to South Lebanon”.
Tens of thousands of Israelis, who were evacuated from their homes in northern Israel 15 months ago, were reluctant to return and feared cross -border attacks from Hezbollah.
On Sunday in the Gaza Strip, civilians were also displaced by a war consolidation from returning to their homes. Israeli troops prevented them from After that Israeli officials accused Hamas of violating the conditions of the ceasefire agreement that came into force a week ago.
Officials on both sides stated that they were in contact with the mediators to try to solve the crisis, one of the most important among the parties, because the ceasefire brought at least a temporary stop in the fight after the 15 months of devastating war.
Under the conditions of the initial phase of the gazette ceasefire agreed to this monthIsrael was expected to withdraw some of its forces and allow hundreds of thousands of uprooted gazans after a second to the north Changing hostages and prisoners Saturday.
The Israeli government said Hamas had violated the agreement by not following the agreed hostage order and did not provide Israel with information about the state of prisoners who were confiscated when the militants attacked Israel on October 7, 2023.
Israeli officials stated that on the basis of an agreement one of the hostages, Arbel Yehud, an Israeli civilian, was released among women on Saturday as part of the Palestinian exchange, which are held in Israeli prisons. Hamas liberated four female Israeli soldiers, and Israel released 200 Palestinian prisoners – but the place of Mrs. Yehud’s stay was not clear.
Hussein al-Batsh, an official of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a smaller armed organization, and sometimes a Hamas rival in Gaza, said New York Times on Sunday that Mrs Yehud was in custody of Quds brigades, a group’s military wing. He said that Mrs Yehud was not released on Saturday for “technical reasons”.
Mr. Al-Batsh said that the leaders of the Islamic Jihad were involved in discussions with the mediators. The spokesman of the Mohammed al-Haj Mousa then said in his statement that Mrs. Yehud would be released before the next Saturday so that the displaced Gazans could return to the north as soon as possible.
Israel denied that any agreement was reached when Mrs. Yehud’s return. An official who is familiar with details on Sunday evening said on Sunday evening that the contacts with the mediators continue and repeated that Israel would not allow the displaced gazans to move north until the issue of the release of Mrs Yehud was resolved.
On Sunday, pictures of a large crowd of displaced Palestinians await Netzarim – A zone built by Israeli forces that divides Gaza in two – to return north, circulated in the Palestinian media.
Wafa, the Palestinian Pentell Press Agency, said that one person was killed and several others were injured west of Nuseirat in Central Gaza after the Israeli forces fired at the crowd of people waiting to return north. The Israeli army did not respond immediately to the request for commentary.
One Palestinian, Ghad Al-Kurd, 37, said she decided to stay in Central Gaza on Sunday, despite the desire to return to her house in the north. “I’m not going to risk my life,” she said. “These soldiers cannot be trusted.”
Mrs. Al-Kurd, who left her home in the first weeks of the war and her two daughters behind, wondered when she would finally see them. “Here we just wait, we feel stressed and anxious,” she said. “They play with our fate,” she added.
Similar feelings were expressed among thousands of Lebanese who tried to return home to towns and villages along the Israeli border, despite the warning of Lebanon and Israeli militants, that it has not yet been safe.
On Sunday afternoon, hundreds of people were anxiously awaited outside Meiss al-Jabal, a village along the Lebanese southern border.
Ibrahim Hamoud, 41, said he recently saw a video sent by a friend in the Lebanese army of his house inside the village: the structure stood and offered him a degree of relief, although the video also showed an Israeli reservoir located just outside the front door, said.
“I was away from my village, from my house, for more than a year,” Mr. Hahou said in a telephone interview. “I never thought I’d get back.”
The crisis is a critical test for the new Lebanese leader. President Joseph and Prime Minister-DESIGN Nawaf SalamWhen trying to tear off some political control from Hezbollah and build a functioning condition.
Experts warn that any prolonged Israeli occupation in South Lebanon could inhale a new life into Hezbollah, a group that was established to liberate Lebanon from the Israeli occupation, which was the only power to protect Lebanese borders.
“As long as Israel is occupying Lebanon, he revives the narration of Hezbollah,” said Nader, director of the Political Sciences Institute at Saint Joseph University in Beirut.
For those who managed to enter their villages in South Lebanon, the extent of destruction was stunning. The whole neighborhood was reduced to the debris in the Israeli invasion, which began on October 1, 2024, which focused on the crippling Hezbollah. The militant group began to start fire in Israel the day after the attack on Hamas, which set off the war in Gaza.
In the southern city of Aita al-Shaab, most of which now lies in the ruinsThe inhabitants walked through the streets with debris and flattened buildings. Among them was Muhammad Srour, the mayor of the city, who was displaced more than a year after the strikes between Hezbollah and Israel began.
He said that Israeli soldiers have not yet pulled out of the city and that they had rarely shot civilians. They claim could not be independently verified. Yet Mr. Srour remained decisive.
“Today Aita celebrates a long -awaited return,” he said. “The houses are destroyed and the living is gone, but our will to live is stronger.” We will build again. ”
The report contributed Yazbek error, Iyad Abuheweil, Johntan Reiss, Gabby Sobelman, Myra noveck, Hwaida Saad and Dayana Iwaza.
