Israel opens fire on Lebanon ‘suspects’ accused of violating ceasefire, enters second day

Israel’s security forces opened fire Thursday on “suspects” in southern Lebanon who are accused of violating the terms of a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah.

IDF Arabic spokesman Avichay Adraee wrote to X that “in the past hour, a number of suspects were seen arriving, some of them in vehicles, in several areas in southern Lebanon, which is a violation of the agreement.”

Israeli and Lebanese forces have warned displaced Lebanese not to return to evacuated villages in southern Lebanon – where Israeli forces remain following their ground offensive in early October – until the forces withdraw. The deal, sponsored by the US and France and ratified by Israel late Tuesday, calls for the first two-month ceasefire and calls for Hezbollah to end its armed presence in southern Lebanon, while Israeli troops return to their side of the border. .

“IDF soldiers opened fire on them,” Adraee said. “IDF troops deployed in southern Lebanon are enforcing any violations of the ceasefire agreement.”

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He also sent a map to X of the area along the Israel-Lebanon border that Lebanese citizens should not live in for now.

“The IDF does not intend to target you, therefore, at this stage, you are not allowed to return to your homes from this southern route until you are notified,” Adraee added. “Anyone who goes south of this line – they are putting themselves in danger.”

Israeli tanks attacked six locations in the region on Thursday morning, injuring two people, Reuters reported, citing Lebanese state media and security sources.

The cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah is now in its second day, with the Lebanese terrorist group saying its forces “remain fully equipped to face the wishes and attacks of Israel’s enemy” and will monitor the withdrawal of IDF troops “with their hands. the trigger,” according to Reuters .

The conflict in Lebanon began when Hezbollah, backed by Iran, launched an offensive in northern Israel after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023. Since the backlash began, Israel has killed several Hezbollah leaders, in addition. to destroy its infrastructure in Lebanon.

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An Israeli soldier stands next to military vehicles waiting in the area on the second day of the end of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, near the road near the Israel-Lebanon border, Thursday, Nov. 28. (Reuters/Stoyan Nenov TPX PHOTOS OF THE DAY)

By ending the conflict with Hezbollah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Hamas would be independent in the Gaza Strip, paving the way for the Israeli army to return the remaining captives there.

Thousands of Lebanese displaced by the war returned home Wednesday as a ceasefire began to take hold, driving trucks full of their belongings, according to the Associated Press.

“It was bad and bad for 60 days,” Mohammed Kaafarani, who was displaced from the Lebanese town of Bidias, told the AP. “We have come to a place where there is no place to hide.”

“We don’t care about debris or destruction. We lost our livelihoods, our places, but it’s okay, everything will come back,” added Fatima Hanifa, a resident who lives near Beirut.

In Israel, it is reported that the situation has calmed down, the Israelis are worried that Hezbollah has not been defeated and that there was no progress in returning the hostages who were kept in Gaza.

People walk over the rubble of damaged buildings as a man cuts metal in a suburb south of Beirut, on the second day of the end of a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (Reuters/Mohamed Azakir)

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“I think it’s still not safe to go back to our homes because Hezbollah is still close to us,” Eliyahu Maman, who was displaced from the northern city of Kiryat Shmona, which has been hit hard by months of fighting, told AP.

Fox News’ Danielle Wallace, Louis Casiano and The Associated Press contributed to this report.