How many individuals has Israel killed in Lebanon for the reason that ceasefire? – INA NEWS

On Sunday, the day Israeli forces have been on account of withdraw from southern Lebanon, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Well being reported that the Israeli military had shot and killed a minimum of 24 folks, together with six ladies, and injured 134 others, amongst them 14 ladies and 12 youngsters.

The subsequent day, Israeli forces shot and killed a minimum of two folks and wounded 17.

The killings are the newest in a sequence of Israeli assaults since a ceasefire between the Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah and Israel started on November 27.

Within the two months from November 27 to Monday, Israel killed a minimum of 83 folks in Lebanon, in keeping with information obtained from Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Well being. No less than 228 have been additionally injured as displaced residents tried to return to villages the place Israeli troopers stay stationed.

Because the starting of the battle on October 8, 2023, to November 26, 2024, Israeli forces killed a minimum of 3,961 folks throughout Lebanon and injured a minimum of 16,520.

What was agreed to within the ceasefire?

Beneath the United States-brokered ceasefire, Israeli forces have been to have withdrawn from southern Lebanon and Hezbollah was to have moved north of the Litani River, about 30km (20 miles) from the Lebanon-Israel border, by Sunday.

Israel was meant to “regularly withdraw” its forces from southern Lebanon within the 60 days after the ceasefire took impact and the Lebanese military was to deploy to the territory.

As soon as the Israeli army was out, peacekeepers with the United Nations Interim Pressure in Lebanon (UNIFIL) have been to enter, adopted by the Lebanese armed forces (LAF).

Moreover, the LAF is meant to make sure that it’s the solely Lebanese armed presence in southern Lebanon.

What occurred on Sunday?

Beneath the ceasefire, the Israeli military was imagined to withdraw from Lebanon at 02:00 GMT on Sunday.

Nonetheless, Israel acknowledged that its forces would stay in southern Lebanon previous the deadline, accusing Hezbollah of not sufficiently pulling again from the border. Lebanon denied the declare and urged Israel to honour the deadline.

As displaced folks tried to return to their properties on Sunday, a minimum of 24 folks have been shot and killed.

The next day within the village of Aitaroun, scores of unarmed residents, some waving Hezbollah flags, marched hand in hand or rode bikes, escorted by ambulances, bulldozers and Lebanese military tanks. They approached the sting of the city however stopped in need of Israeli positions, unable to enter.

“We’re coming with our heads held excessive and topped with victory to our village, Aitaroun,” Saleem Mrad, head of the municipality, advised The Related Press information company. “Our village is ours, and we are going to convey it again extra stunning than it was earlier than. We’re staying.”

Lebanon’s state-run Nationwide Information Company (NNA) reported that Israel dropped a bomb on the entrance of the southern village of Yaroun to discourage residents from continuing farther.

Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr, reporting from Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, mentioned the protests have been a present of defiance by Hezbollah and its supporters.

Deadline prolonged till February 18

The US and Lebanon introduced on Sunday that the deadline to fulfill the ceasefire’s phrases had been prolonged to February 18.

Israel has not mentioned how lengthy its forces will stay within the south, the place its army says it’s seizing Hezbollah weapons and dismantling its infrastructure.

Israel’s withdrawal would allow tens of 1000’s of Lebanese residents to return to their villages close to the border with Israel.