OCCUPIED AL-QUDS: Israel´s military on Monday warned Lebanese civilians against returning to dozens of villages in southern Lebanon, claiming Hezbollah´s activities in the area were violating a ceasefire agreement struck last week.
Thousands of displaced residents have begun making their way back to parts of southern Lebanon since the truce between Israel and Lebanon took effect on Friday. Since the ceasefire began, Lebanon´s armed forces have reopened a key road linking the southern city of Nabatiyeh with the Khardali area after it was closed due to Israeli strikes. They have also partially restored access to the Burj Rahal-Tyre bridge.
But the Israeli military on Monday urged civilians to avoid returning to numerous villages in the south. “Hezbollah has continued its terrorist activity during the ceasefire in violation of the agreement; accordingly, the IDF remains deployed in the defensive area,” the military´s Arabic-language spokesman Colonel Avichay Adraee said on X. “For your safety and the safety of your families, and until further notice, we urge you not to move south of the Forward Defence Line,” he said, referring to a boundary marking an area occupied by Israeli troops.
