Al -Jazeera correspondent reported that units of the Lebanese army entered the towns of Muhaibib, Mays Al -Jabal, Balda, Hala and a compound in the middle and eastern sectors from southern Lebanon, after the Israeli media talk about the withdrawal of his army except for 5 sites.
The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation said that the army withdrew with the end of the withdrawal deadline set by the ceasefire agreement.
The Israeli army announced its intention not to withdraw from 5 border points inside the lands of southern Lebanon for a long time, and these points start from the western sector from the border to the eastern sector.
Al -Jazeera reported that the Israeli occupation forces established a military site in Jabal Balat in the western sector of southern Lebanon.
The island’s camera has monitored the transfer of an Israeli tank and mechanisms to the site, which is one of the five points that Israel refuses to withdraw.
For his part, the Israeli government spokesman said that Israel is committed to the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon.
He added that the agreement must be fully implemented, and said that the Lebanese state should assume its responsibilities to prevent the presence of Hezbollah’s forces behind the Litani River.
For his part, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said that his country is afraid of not implementing the full Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
Aoun stressed that the response will be through a comprehensive national position, noting that the option of war does not benefit, and that his country will work in diplomatic means because Lebanon no longer tolerates a new war. Aoun explained that the army is ready to be stationed in the villages from which the Israelis will withdraw.
Yesterday, the Lebanese government approved the draft ministerial statement, on which the parliament will be confident. The Minister of Information, Paul Morcos, said that the ministerial statement expressed the government’s commitment to liberating all Lebanese lands and the state’s monopoly to take up arms and extend its sovereignty over all its lands with its own self -powers.
Israeli raids
On the eve of the withdrawal, the Israeli army continued its violations by launching air strikes on the towns of Tirkrafa and Live in the Tire and Jazzi district, and the implementation of two explosions in the border town of Al -Adisa in the district of Marjayoun.
The official Lebanese Information Agency said that the Israeli warplanes launched two raids targeting the course of the Litani River between the Lahd Bridge and the Mahmudiyah area in the town of Al -Aishiya in Jezzine district.
The Israeli aircraft also launched a raid targeting the Ain Zarqa area at the outskirts of the town of Tirrafa in the Tire district, in southern Lebanon, according to the agency.
In the context, the agency reported that the Israeli army carried out two explosions in the town of Al -Adisa, in the district of Marjayoun, in southern Lebanon.
On November 27, 2024, a ceasefire ended a mutual bombardment between the Israeli army and Hezbollah began on October 8, 2023, and turned into a widespread war on September 23.
The Israeli army was supposed to complete at dawn of January 26 last, its withdrawal from the areas it occupied in southern Lebanon, according to the deadline specified in the ceasefire agreement between Beirut and Tel Aviv, which amounts to 60 days, starting from its entry into force on November 27, 2024 .
However, Tel Aviv did not abide by the appointment, before Washington later announced the extension of the deadline with an Israeli -Lebanese agreement until February 18.
Since its inception, Israel has committed 925 violations of the agreement in Lebanon, which resulted in 74 people dead and 265 wounded, according to a statistic of Anatolia based on Lebanese official statements.
Israel’s aggression against Lebanon resulted in 4 thousand and 104 dead and 16 thousand and 890 wounded, including a large number of children and women, in addition to the displacement of about one million and 400 thousand people.
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